Julian Bond, an iconic figure from the 1960s civil rights movement, has passed away. He was 75. Bond will be remembered as a champion of equal rights who dedicated his life to justice and peace. Kent State University had the honor of Bond serving as the keynote speaker at Kent State’s 13th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration back in January. Watch here for highlights from his speech. The New York Times reports that Bond passed away at his home in Fort Walton Beach, FLa. from complications of vascular disease. ...
Country music star Hunter Hayes is scheduled to perform at Kent State University this fall, thanks to all the fans who streamed his new “21” EP. Mashable explains how Hayes used data gathered on Spotify to determine the popularity of his music. According to the website, the title track lead to 21 million global streams in 10 weeks. Spotify took that information and narrowed down the hot spots. When it came to college markets, Kent State came in near the top. As a result, Hayes is scheduled to perform Friday, Oct. 23 at Kent State’s Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center)....
N.J. Akbar, assistant dean of Academic Diversity Success in Kent State’s University College, tells the Akron Beacon Journal that he “understands what is means to be counted out.” As an African-American from a low-income neighborhood, Akbar is the first in his family to go to college. Akbar talks with the Akron Beacon Journal about working with Kent State students to get their degrees and realize their dreams. Read more here. ...
Mark Nolan is returning to local television. The Kent State alum graduated in 1991 after serving as the weather director for TV-2. In 1994 Nolan joined WKYC as a part-time weather forecaster. He later became the chief meteorologist for eight years before switching to morning news and then to radio in 2011. Read more on Cleveland.com about Nolan’s plans to anchor the 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts on Channel 19, as well as continue to host his morning radio show on WMJI FM/105.7. ...
Kent State Geography Professor Andrew Curtis and his doctoral student Laura Schuch, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have developed mapping approaches that can help predict neighborhood lead exposure in children, which continues to be a health concern in older neighborhoods including several in Akron. Click here to read more in the Akron Beacon Journal. For two years, Curtis’s Geographic Information System (GIS) Health and Hazards Lab at Kent State University has collaborated with clinician Dr. Joel Davidson at Akron Children’s Hospital to investigate this problem by providing ...