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Events
The Office of Sustainability is involved in various events throughout the year.
- Campus Sustainability Month: October
- National Solar Tour: October
- Bra Recycling Drive: October
- Game Day Challenge: Fall Semester
- Winter Coat and Clothing Drive: November/December
- Campus Race to Zero Waste: Spring Semester
- E-Cycle Drive: March
- Earth Month Events: April
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 -
4:30pm to 5:00pm
Design Innovation Hub
201
Meet local alumnus Kurt Ruehr. Come hear about the park project he embarked on during his time at KSU and how it has come full circle now that he is on the Portage Parks Board of Commissioners…
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY & ADVICE: SPEAKER KURT RUEHR '01; Kent State Today; August 31, 2022
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 - 4:30pm to 5:00pm Design Innovation Hub 201 Meet local alumnus Kurt Ruehr. Come hear about the park project he embarked on during his time at KSU and how it has come full circle now that he is on the Portage Parks Board of Commissioners…Image
![Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share by Email Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Kent State University at Tuscarawas](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Panthi%20hero%20image_1_3.jpg?VersionId=RweJ_r8pNixf67036ZrCBC7o0yq_L89Q)
Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, is this year’s winner of the Farris Family Innovation Award, which supports the research of tenure-track faculty members who have not yet reached tenure.
Panthi…
ENGINEERING PROFESSOR WINS FARRIS FAMILY AWARD FOR PURSUING RESEARCH INTO CLEAN ENERGY FUELS; Kent State News; August 8, 2022
Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, is this year’s winner of the Farris Family Innovation Award, which supports the research of tenure-track faculty members who have not yet reached tenure. Panthi…Image
![Dhruba Panthi](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Panthi%20hero%20image_1_1.jpg?VersionId=WsyOISrLb6UCMrrhN_FFBFjDkspcjGb8)
Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, is this year’s winner of the Farris Family Innovation Award, which supports the research of tenure-track faculty members who have not yet reached tenure.
Panthi…
ENGINEERING PROFESSOR WINS FARRIS FAMILY AWARD FOR PURSUING RESEARCH INTO CLEAN ENERGY FUELS; Kent State Today; August 2, 2022
Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, is this year’s winner of the Farris Family Innovation Award, which supports the research of tenure-track faculty members who have not yet reached tenure. Panthi…Image
![Thorpe’s innovative set design adds to Kent State Trumbull’s RENT production](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/RENTHeader_0.jpg?VersionId=RjQ8aUffzaOTojM90WD6Lq6qOBsjMlvR)
Kathalina (Kat) Thorpe plays many roles, including mom, graduate student and assistant, technical designer, researcher, and philanthropist. However, one persona created the happiest of moments – Worm Girl!
It was in 2020 at the Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference – when…
KENT STATE GRADUATE STUDENT AIMS TO TAKE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INTO A GREENER FUTURE; Kent State News; July 26, 2022
Kathalina (Kat) Thorpe plays many roles, including mom, graduate student and assistant, technical designer, researcher, and philanthropist. However, one persona created the happiest of moments – Worm Girl! It was in 2020 at the Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference – when…Image
![KENT STATE PARTNERSHIP WITH PORTAGE COUNTY AGENCY SAVES MORE THAN HALF A MILLION POUNDS OF RESIDENCE HALL CASTOFFS FROM LANDFILL](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/20220712_BC_220330_Bike%20%20sized_0_1.jpg?VersionId=e0Lt14k9icRxdNaX3XBa3zrEj8oR05.K)
Workers from the Portage County non-profit organization Family and Community Services recently arrived at Kent State University’s Kent Campus to collect one of the most prized castoffs…
KENT STATE PARTNERSHIP WITH PORTAGE COUNTY AGENCY SAVES MORE THAN HALF A MILLION POUNDS OF RESIDENCE HALL CASTOFFS FROM LANDFILL; Kent State Today; July 22, 2022
Workers from the Portage County non-profit organization Family and Community Services recently arrived at Kent State University’s Kent Campus to collect one of the most prized castoffs…Image
![Kent State University employees smile during the Employee Appreciation cookout held at the beginning of the 2021 Fall Semester](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/11.09.21%20Kent%20State%20University%20employees%20at%20employee%20appreciation%20cookout_0_0.jpg?VersionId=_w7L_.W6116m7xiuBS7YEl7n35izqX9w)
Kent State University has the distinction of being the only Ohio public or private college or university that ranks among the top 500 companies nationwide in Forbes’ recently released list of America’s Best…
KENT STATE IS ONLY UNIVERSITY IN OHIO TO RANK AMONG NATION’S TOP EMPLOYERS FOR DIVERSITY; Kent State Today; May 27, 2022
Kent State University has the distinction of being the only Ohio public or private college or university that ranks among the top 500 companies nationwide in Forbes’ recently released list of America’s Best…
When recent Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Chazzlyn Jackson started her journey at Kent State University in 2018, she had planned to major in fashion until a mentor with Kupita/Transiciones (K/T) cultural orientation program helped her tap into her…
RECENT GRADUATE CHAZZLYN JACKSON HONED HER PASSION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM AT KENT STATE; Kent State News; May 17, 2022
When recent Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Chazzlyn Jackson started her journey at Kent State University in 2018, she had planned to major in fashion until a mentor with Kupita/Transiciones (K/T) cultural orientation program helped her tap into her…Image
![Justin Thompson](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Justin_Thompson_Taking_Action_3.jpg?VersionId=QyxTuF6h7Hjs3u8junM8rqsp77I8yW9Q)
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Jan Senn, photo by Greta Bell, BS '22
Let Our Powers Combine!” If you’re a millennial—or watched children’s TV shows in the early 1990s—that expression may ring a…
TAKING ACTION TO PROTECT THE PLANET; Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jan Senn, photo by Greta Bell, BS '22 Let Our Powers Combine!” If you’re a millennial—or watched children’s TV shows in the early 1990s—that expression may ring a…Image
![Global Climate Challenge](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Global_change_vert_1_0.jpg?VersionId=MPcvUjeBnwzBKgu8KxKRURZs3abZe9Wp)
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Kat Braz and Jan Senn
GLOBAL CHALLENGE; Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Kat Braz and Jan SennImage
![ANOMALOUS WEATHER PATTERNS](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Anomalous_Weather_Patterns_revised%20%281%29.jpg?VersionId=xEA64M6wmFNawfBFqrTYplmTf3pvYg3A)
Terms describing severe weather patterns like “El Niño” and “polar vortex” get bandied about on the nightly news without much context or definition. Understanding climates and how extreme weather and climate variability manifest and affect life on Earth helps put rising…