My name is Sam Nichols, and I am a third-year Special Education student at Kent State with a minor in Autism Spectrum Disorders.I never thought I would attend Kent State. To be completely honest, committing to Kent State was a last-minute, spur-of-the-moment decision. I was planning on attending another school, but I changed my mind and applied to Kent State later that day. It turned out to be the best decision I ever made.Not only was it close to home, allowing me to commute, but it also saved me a great deal of money.Some people think that commuting limits opportunities for community and fri...

 Congratulations to Joel Hughes, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, who was just awarded research support of $20,000 from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors and Million Hearts® Advancing Cardiac Rehabilitation Mini Grant program. The grant entitled “Increasing Enrollment using an Automated Phase 1 CR Order in the EPIC EMR” is in collaboration with Adrianne Ulrich, ACSM-CEP, AACVPR-CCRP, EIM (PI) from University Hospitals and is designed to increase enrollment in cardiac rehabilitation, which is typically very low (about 2...

High school students interested in pursuing majors in chemistry or biochemistry are invited to join us for Explore Kent Chemistry Day on Saturday, February 7, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. This annual event gives prospective students the opportunity to spend a day on campus, meet our faculty and students, and learn what it's like to study chemistry at Kent State University.Throughout the day, visitors will explore academic programs, hear about career and pre-professional pathways, participate in demonstrations, and tour our instructional and research laboratory spaces. Current chemistry and...