The top undergraduate finishers in the Kent State Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition were honored at an awards ceremony on October 25 in the Kiva auditorium.  The 3MT competition, founded at The University of Queensland in 2008, traditionally challenges Ph.D. students with presenting their research to a non-specialist audience within a three-minute timeframe. On October 21 and 22, undergraduate students who participated in the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) presented their research in the same format. Stude...

Kent State University at Ashtabula’s annual Giving Tuesday fundraising drive began on Nov. 1, 2024, aimed at supporting the Susan J. Stocker Ashtabula Campus Development Fund toward renovation and improvements to the John W. Zabak Conference Suite – the Blue and Gold, Oak and Lake Rooms – within Susan J. Stocker Hall.For more than 50 years, the Blue & Gold, Oak and Lake Rooms have played an important role in Ashtabula County and the region. This year’s raised funds will support enhancing these spaces, which are vital to the community as hubs for events, meetings and gatherings that fo...

  During the Flashes Trick or Treat on Halloween, Kent State students could roam and find treats on three floors of the Kent Student Center and on the first floor of the University Library. Later, the Flash Activities Board welcomed students to the Boo Bash.    Kent State’s Elvis (President Todd Diacon) joined the fun by handing out treats in The Hub and on Risman Plaza.    Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in a future Kent State Today post. Photo...

“I think it’s always important for people to be exposed to different cultures and find an appreciation rather than appropriation.” November is recognized as Native American Heritage Month. It is a time to celebrate, recognize and inform the public about the culture, traditions, histories, art and contributions of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. As a Native American and Black woman, Denia Morris, ’24, former president of the Native American Student Association (NASA), spent the majority of her collegiate career making sure its students, faculty and staff were seen and r...

 Please mark your calendars for our colloquium speaker, Aidan Wright, Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Dr. Wright will give a talk entitled “The Vanguard of Psychopathology Conceptualization” on Wednesday, November 6th, 2024 at 9:30 - 10:30 am in room 102 Kent Hall Annex, Kent campus. Aidan Wright, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Phil F. Jenkins Research Professor of Depression in the Eisenberg Family Depression Center at the University of Michigan. We hope that you can join us!The colloquium is worth 1.0 CEU for Psychologists. ...

 Turaba Rahman, a senior at Kent State University and in the Honors College, grew up in Dhaka, Bangladesh. When she was little, she was enamored with stargazing. Where she lived, it was hard to see the sky through the buildings and lights that blocked it, but she always tried her best to spot constellations. Ever since she can remember being frustrated while trying to draw the perfect star, she had fallen in love with the giant spheres of dust and gas. This is one of the reasons why Turaba decided to jump on a second research and internship opportunity involving the observation ...