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![Kent State at Akron Pride 2023 Kent State at Akron Pride 2023](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Screenshot%202024-06-06%20at%202.13.41%E2%80%AFPM.png?VersionId=Gc8DDk.u4mzSgYxCgsAvNWX8g5NydWx9&itok=fbwza7Kg)
Kent State University's LGBTQ+ Center is celebrating Pride Month by boosting activities statewide, collaborating with local events, hosting a walking group and planning for a fabulous Fall Semester.
![A symbol of the Kent-Akron rivalry: the fabled Wagon Wheel A symbol of the Kent-Akron rivalry: the fabled Wagon Wheel](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20230303_BC_MBBvsAkron_1370.jpg?VersionId=1mHry.8PdkWsVHZLvYjV.DFn8qpERh27&itok=buH56bij)
Kent State's Golden Flashes meet the Akron Zips for the first time this season on Jan. 19.
![Photo of Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in Kent State’s Department of Psychological Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences Photo of Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in Kent State’s Department of Psychological Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Spirit%20of%20Motherhood%20Program%20Grant%20-%20Angela%20Neal-Barnett%20-%20web_0_0.jpeg?VersionId=hxSHl0bnqVuR_rfe0mUHv9yk8swIctHk&h=e6f36a9c&itok=oWWNcLPF)
ATHENA Akron, a women’s leadership organization in Summit County, Ohio, has named Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, its winner of the 2022 ATHENA Akron Leadership Award. She will receive the award on Nov. 17 at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn.
![Carved stone brain statue at Kent State University Carved stone brain statue at Kent State University](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Brain1.jpg?VersionId=iuBVOQWkPL0FskzYhGzEtg0EYMUbL5T8&h=f09796d0&itok=DtLzTsP1)
![Kent State's "We the People" Exhibition on Display near the Esplanade Arch in May 2019](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/GURI%20-%20WTP%20Web%20Banner.jpg?VersionId=Vw9D1tn_th3AV6_Ebj9ZsMFt7fkpJqhQ&h=e6f36a9c&itok=pndr1Ark)
Kent State University is pleased and proud to announce the return of “We the People,” a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.
![immigrant women grocery shopping](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/immigrants920x600.jpg?VersionId=j8fYXLJSCeTwQrldLiU0_9UjL.CrXcyJ&h=0c60fa0b&itok=yqT048Ml)