Kent State University’s Fashion School has again been recognized in the Business of Fashion’s annual Global Fashion School Rankings. Moving up two spots in the undergraduate program category, Kent State’s Fashion School is ranked No. 17 worldwide in the 2017 review – a two-spot improvement from last year. In the Business of Fashion ranking, the Fashion School continues to be ranked No. 4 in the United States behind only Parsons School of Design, FIT and SCAD. “We are thrilled to see further improvement in our placement in the Business of Fashion’s well-respected international rankings, espe...

Students and faculty from Kent State University at Trumbull’s nursing program recently presented Sleep Sacks ™ for newborns at Trumbull Memorial Hospital. Kent State Trumbull’s Student Nurses Association and faculty raised money to purchase the sleep sacks for the babies born in the community. A sleep sack replaces loose blankets in the crib so that a baby can stay covered and be protected against the chance of a blanket covering a baby’s face and disrupting its breathing.   Over the last year, Kent State Trumbull and its nursing faculty have focused on ways they can promote s...

Twelve years ago, a team of Kent State University faculty members discovered their common hobby of playing instruments at a Department of Psychological Sciences’ event. After that, they created a band that now performs under the name Diminished Faculties. The band name Diminished Faculties was created as a pun – several band members study memory and other cognitive functions. “We thought ‘hey, let’s get together and start jamming,’” says John Dunlosky, Ph.D., psychology professor. “This developed the first version of our band, and it just kept transforming over the years.” Founding members, ...

In October 2017, two groups of local high schools students came to Kent State University to participate in an entrepreneurial workshop designed to increase the students’ awareness and knowledge of the venture formation process, hosted by LaunchNET. On Monday, October 23, sixteen sophomore and junior-level students from Junior Leadership Hudson (Western Reserve Academy and Hudson High School) visited campus, and on Wednesday, October 25, sixteen junior and senior-level students from Chagrin Falls High School participated. Lynn Buchinsky, a LaunchNET venture advisor, facilitated multiple h...

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