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Explore the latest updates on campus sustainability efforts, green initiatives and environmental action at Kent State.
Office of Sustainability Newsletter
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Aug. 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…
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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…
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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 from university residence halls: bicycles.…
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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 Employers for Diversity…
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…
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May 11, 2022
Kent State continues to establish itself as a leader in sustainability and environmental stewardship with solar installations—to attract students in environmental studies and research, to help our planet and to save money.
The university’…
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May 11, 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Jan Senn
On a warm but windy April day, about 40 faculty and staff gather at the squirrel statue near the Kent State University Library for a noontime “Wellness Walk & Talk” tour…
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May 11, 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022By Jillian Kramer, BA '06Climate change is affecting all of us in one way or another, and its impacts will only increase in the near future. It's a daunting problem that will be difficult to solve but…
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May 11, 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Candace Goforth DeSantis, BS ’94
Concerned about the dire crisis facing their generation, Kent State students are drawing attention to the causes of climate change and demanding action.
In…
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May 11, 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Lisa Abraham, photos by Rami Daud, BA ’20
Imagine a day when Ohio’s environment is unable to sustain native trees like the sugar maple, which produces the sap distilled into Ohio maple syrup—or…
