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Sept. 16, 2019
3rd Annual Kent Green Energy Ohio Tour, September 28, 2019
FREE family friendly event: see green technologies in our community including renewable energy, green building and clean transportation! Multiple tour sites will be located…
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Aug. 9, 2019
After years of remote sensing work, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, and his research team recently shared their development of new cost-efficient…
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July 30, 2019
Science is complex, and it’s difficult to discuss it with children under the best circumstances; it’s even more difficult when they are hungry.
Two Kent State University researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those…
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July 25, 2019
Studies suggest that the most effective way to demonstrate the value of science is putting it to work in local communities in a way that has an immediate and obvious impact.
Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science…
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July 23, 2019
Campus leads county in undergraduate research and innovation
Carefully watering the garden, Kristy Doering knew what was just beneath the soil would take some time to grow. Seeds she once held in the palm of her hand would…
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June 26, 2019
Every other Tuesday, student volunteers from the Campus Kitchen at Kent State University prepare dinner for the residents of the Kentway Apartment Complex, a government-subsidized housing complex on East Summit Street in Kent. …

June 22, 2019
By Marissa Moore, Kent Stater
Kent State was ranked 7 out of 10 for “most environmentally friendly companies in the U.S.” in June by Ladders, a United States-based company that provides career news, advice and a job search. The…

June 22, 2019
Kent Wired Article
By Marissa Moore
June 22, 2019
Kent State was ranked 7 out of 10 for “most environmentally friendly companies in the U.S.” in June by Ladders, a United States-based company that provides career news, advice…

June 8, 2019
A group of artists, educators and volunteers worked together to produce “We the People,” an outdoor art exhibit at Kent State University that pays tribute to refugees from around the world who have made Northeast Ohio their home…

June 5, 2019
The Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design Construction Management Student Organization was approached by the Phyllis Zumkehr Portage County Clothing Center to help build a shelter over…