As the 2024 total solar eclipse passes over Kent, Ohio, on Monday, April 8, Kent State University students, faculty and staff have the unique opportunity to witness an optical illusion known as the Purkinje effect.First discovered by physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně, the Purkinje effect alters our perception of colors, especially red and green tones. Physics graduate research assistant Alex Clevinger explains how this process takes place.“Our eyes perceive light with cones and rods in our eyes. Our eyes use the cones during the day and the rods at night. During times when the sun goes down...
The excitement has been building for more than a year, and the day is finally upon us!On Monday, at approximately 3:14 p.m., darkness will fall on Kent State University during a total eclipse of the sun, a natural phenomenon not experienced in Kent, Ohio, since 1806.The total darkness will last about three minutes. The fun and learning culminate with the Total Solar Eclipse Viewing Party on Risman Plaza beginning at 2:45 p.m.No in-person classes will be held on any Kent State campus on April 8.Monday’s forecast from the National Weather Service calls for partly sunny skies with a high temperat...
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The brightly colored blue and gold Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit from Kent State University’s College of Public Health will be hitting the streets to help bring public health services to the people of northeast Ohio.The new SUV, made possible by a grant from the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation, was officially unveiled on Thursday, April 4, at Moulton Hall, during an event at the College of Public Health. During the 2023 Fall Semester, the college received a $200,000 grant from the Prentiss Foundation to help offer free services to isolated rural communities and underse...
Kent State University is one of the top undergraduate schools for game design studies according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company features Kent State, with animation game design programs through the College of Applied and Technical Studies at the Kent, Stark and Tuscarawas campuses, on its 15th annual ranking list, Top 50 Undergraduate Schools for Game Design for 2024.The innovative Kent State Animation Game Design program ranks in The Princeton Review at the 44th spot nationally and the 12th spot in the Midwest for game design. The ent...