Lou Raffis, a 1981 graduate of Kent State University’s Honors College, was recently announced as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Honors Alumni Award. He recalls his time at Kent State, saying that he truly benefitted from the academic preparation the Honors College gave him to attend graduate business school at Harvard University. Raffis says that his Freshman Honors Colloquium course in particular, taught him “how to think, to debate, and to write, which prepared me for the challenging and intense academic environment that I confronted at Harvard.” In addition, the honors business and...
William Perrine, a senior lecturer of fashion design and merchandising in The Fashion School at Kent State University, has been teaching at the university for fourteen years. He was recently announced as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Honors Faculty Award. When asked how the environment at Kent State and in the Honors College allows him to thrive as a faculty member, Perrine said that professors receive a great deal of support for the ideas they have and the initiatives they want to implement. Perrine has experienced this support firsthand: he started The Fashion School’s Germany...
Nuclear physics researchers at Kent State University and all over the world have been searching for violations of the fundamental symmetries in the universe for decades. Much like the “Big Bang” (approximately 13.8 billion years ago), but on a tiny scale, they briefly recreate the particle interactions that likely existed microseconds into the formation of our universe which also likely now exist in the cores of neutron stars. To better understand these properties, the STAR Collaboration researchers develop precision particle detectors for experiments (collisions of gold nuclei) and analyze...
In this time of nationwide uncertainty, Kent State Student Media continues to provide top-notch reporting on COVID-19 and its impact on Kent and around the world. KentWired.com has a tab dedicated to Coronavirus updates that houses articles dating back to March 14, 2020. Since that day, our student reporters have posted over 50 articles detailing the pandemic on a local, state, national and worldwide level. View KentWired.com's Coronavirus Hub Eager to get back on-air, our TV2 team went live beginning Monday, April 6, from students’ at-home studios for the first time after b...
In accordance with the order of Ohio Department of Health director Amy Acton, M.D. to stay at home to slow the spread of COVID-19, Porthouse Theatre regretfully announces the cancellation of its 2020 season, scheduled for June 11 – August 9, 2020. As a result of this difficult decision, the productions of Little Shop of Horrors, BKLYN, and West Side Story will not take place as scheduled and Porthouse’s grounds will be closed. “I can’t imagine a summer without our Porthouse family,” said producing artistic director Terri Kent, “but, more importantly, I can’t imagine a world without you a...
Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., was named the inaugural director of Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute in January 2019. We asked him to share his thoughts after a year on campus and much activity within the institute. Q: You have been director of the Brain Health Research Institute for more than a year now. You have survived two Ohio winters and have, no doubt, experienced your share of black squirrels. After a year on campus, share your thoughts on Kent State University. Has anything here surprised you? A: Wow, it’s more like what hasn't surprised me! Seriously, I love bein...
February was an exciting month for the Kent State community. Let’s take a look at some of our top-performing posts of the month!
Several Kent State University at Tuscarawas alumni have recently been named TuscHeroes, as they are making a difference in the community by helping others adjust and cope during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a deep desire to help and support others, these TuscHeroes found ways to connect to community members, offer services and provide support virtually. Providing Support Through Facebook Group Kent State Tuscarawas alumnus Lucas Pompey is the creator of the Tuscarawas County Mutual Aid and Support Facebook group. Pompey formed the group to enable the facilitation of real local solid...
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are finding new ways to navigate daily tasks in both our professional and personal lives. We are very fortunate to live in the era of electronic platforms that allow us to continue to care for patients remotely via telemedicine. For many of us, while these remote visits are essential to allow continuity of care, it is not the medicine we are accustomed to practicing. We prefer face-to-face patient interactions. We want to make a tangible difference in the lives of those we care for. We are caregivers at our core. Many of us are thinking the same...
At Kent State, a student-athlete’s day typically starts around 6 a.m. with practice or lifting. Then they attend team meetings or a cryotherapy session or study tables. After all that, it’s finally time for class, where these students have to maintain a GPA of at least 3.0 to keep the cumulative team GPA on track. It’s exhausting just to read all that. Despite these challenges, seven Kent State student-athletes recently earned the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Distinguished Scholar Athlete honor during the 2019-2020 academic season. Students that were named as All-MAC and Academic All-MA...
