The Kent Blossom Art Intensive (KBAI) program offered by Kent State University’s School of Art helps talented artists cultivate their skills to their full potential. The School of Art is proud to announce another year of KBAI, a program that’s been in place since 1968. KBAI is a series of two-week studio art intensives offered during the summer that functions as a combination workshop and artist residency, where participants create a self-directed body of artwork with the support of resident School of Art faculty and guest artists from around the country.  “Over the two weeks of...

Kent State University recently welcomed 26 high school students from the LeBron James Family Foundation I Promise network in Akron, Ohio, for a day of activities including a treasure hunt at the Kent State University Museum.  Museum Director Sarah Spinner Liska, J.D., Ph.D., told Kent State Today the Feb. 14 visit fulfilled her goal of using the museum as a “center and platform for creativity and inspiration.”  The students, from grades nine to 12, and their two chaperones enjoyed a Valentine’s Day lunch at the museum and then participated in a treasure hunt led by Curator ...

    Kent State’s Student Life Study reached the milestone of having 2,000 students participating! The co-directors of the study, John Gunstad, Ph.D. and Karin Coifman, Ph.D., who are both professors in the Department of Psychological Studies, were also recently awarded a $500,000 state grant for mental health research, treatment and intervention to help support the study. The Student Life Study began in August 2023, and the goal is to include 10,000 student participants. One aim of the study is to connect all aspects of college life, including mental and physical health, so...