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Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame Class of 2020 includes Kent State alumnus David C. Lange, BA ‘75, who interrupted his own education at Kent State to enlist in the U.S. Navy.  Lange, who lives near Malvern, Ohio, told Cleveland.com earlier this year that following his freshman year at Kent State, he entered the Navy and “after my military discharge in December 1971, I returned to Kent State and majored in journalism, which led to a 40-year newspaper career.” The Canton Repository reports that Lange’s journalistic career took him to four newspapers in Northeast Ohio. He served as editor at...

Cleveland's News Channel 5 recently broadcast a story covering the Center's Cell Phone Pilot Study managed by Dr. Deric Kenne and colleagues in Computer Science. The original story can be seen HERE. ...

KENT, Ohio — It’s no secret we’re on our phones now more than ever. A Pew Research study shows smartphone usage has grown more than 50%. Now, Kent State University professors are taking advantage of our increased usage in order to study the behavior of college students during the pandemic. Ruoming Jin, Ph.D., partnered with Deric Kenne, Ph.D. to create the software needed to pull the study off, according to the Record-Courier. Read more. ...

Alison Haynes is the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Compliance Coordinator on the Systems Development and Innovation team at Kent State. She is also a graduate of the School of Information’s User Experience Design (UXD) master’s degree program. Read on for excerpts from a recent interview in which she provided insights into how accessibility issues are a key factor in user experience design and how she came to that work. What is User Experience Design User experience design uses technical and design choices to influence how you feel about and inter...

Dear Friends of Music at Kent State, I am excited to welcome you to this new and unprecedented year at the Glauser School. As we enter into the strange new world that has caused us to take account of our priorities, I would like to invite you to come along on a new journey, a trip into new and uncharted waters. To begin, I would like you to think about how music has affected your own life. I am sure that you have experienced those inexplicable moments of emotion when you hear the particular brand of music that touches you at the core. Each of you will have had different experiences that ...

For Kent State University at Tuscarawas students, the future is now! You can make a difference for local students by joining the Tuscarawas County University Foundation as it launches the 2020 impact campaign For the Future. Beginning this month, the community can make the future forever brighter for Kent State Tuscarawas students by supporting local education. Sally O’Donnell, retired from First Federal Community Bank and university trustee and foundation board member, and Kurt Shelley, of FabOhio and university foundation board member, will lead this year’s campaign. “Importantly, your...