Arts & Culture
![Shared Sky is a Wick Poetry Center project for the April 8, 2024 Eclipse Shared Sky is a Wick Poetry Center project for the April 8, 2024 Eclipse](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/SharedSky-KSU_1.jpg?VersionId=YqOBoYbGgW23SFq_1CUKzgWzOD4e6IjT&h=76390fa3&itok=Z3Ti1_Xo)
The April 8 total solar eclipse has sparked a new opportunity for interactive poetry from Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center.
![Religions in times of conflict. Religions in times of conflict.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/AdobeStock_554662270.jpeg?VersionId=hEGub3BLKYgEGXlx9zaBsE61o4tGC1X3&itok=-WlnSd_f)
As part of Kent State's Dialogue and Difference: A New Understanding" initiative, faculty members from diverse backgrounds came together in an online panel to share their personal insights in navigating the impact of conflict and cultural and religious identity.
![Sonia Karkare, program director for the Kent State Women's Center, introduces the discussion panel for International Women's Day. Sonia Karkare, program director for the Kent State Women's Center, introduces the discussion panel for International Women's Day.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/sonia%20corrected.jpg?VersionId=MXmIRrjT3o7loIthlaKO197nhAzj_ynF&itok=zNOUw-K7)
Kent State University celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 with a poster presentation to allow international students the chance to highlight women in their home countries and a service project to aid Days for Girls.
The poster presentation was followed by a panel discussion of students, faculty and staff talking about women’s issues and successes across their globe.
![Map of the Connecticut Western Reserve Map of the Connecticut Western Reserve](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/1280px-Western_Reserve_Including_the_Fire_Lands_1826.jpg?VersionId=YQ0SeFo9uoAUqICbtjkzv_9boPY53IPE&itok=isLQiEoB)
There was no media coverage. There were no websites teeming with information. Not a single pair of paper eclipse glasses were handed out for safe viewing.
The last time Kent experienced a total solar eclipse was nothing like the lead up to this year’s April 8 event.
![Sukeina at the Kent State University Museum Sukeina at the Kent State University Museum](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Museum%20-%201%20of%2020.jpeg?VersionId=Gvty_0P6x.OWwmkrGygbc6YCT6Xgvuz9&itok=uRNuouJ_)
Named for the designer's mother, Sukeina features stunning fashions by Kent State University School of Fashion and Merchandising Hall of Fame inductee Omar Salam.
![The Truth is Out There (No, Really...) art exhibition, KSU Downtown Gallery The Truth is Out There (No, Really...) art exhibition, KSU Downtown Gallery](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/429324488_1345440349496276_4763476288505214173_n.jpg?VersionId=FJRpMH_8Gzfg0D2_cVxMiu46MNdWkKXB&itok=NTb5Nmdv)
An art exhibition in the Kent State University Downtown Gallery uses images of UFOs to evoke questions about reality in a world where truth is often reframed.
![A red-orange moon rises over the Kent State University Airport. A red-orange moon rises over the Kent State University Airport.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/429786825_10113710845348044_7996697060029404007_n.jpg?VersionId=X2jfyQRYgbJt5ym2NMUxGhWIWNbVS4wh&itok=bxxI2Dzd)
A Kent State staffer captured spectacular views of a red moon over the Kent State University Airport.
![Flasher Brass Day 2024 Flasher Brass Day 2024](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/428664240_18413445376058600_1264351014251870157_n.jpg?VersionId=E8n_cipeZaACyP3zomyF7We2INMa8I5b&itok=ficU4CLo)
Local high school student musicians came to Kent State to rehearse and perform with the Flasher Brass Pep Band.
![The Maj Ragain Poetry Park at Wick Poetry Center the Maj Ragain Poetry Park at Wick Poetry Center](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/WickPoetryHouse_MN02.jpg?VersionId=ZezzHwgWZ8k9PtkMtgOUqzLgqgNF3z2v&itok=JgOe6e0q)
Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center marks its 40th anniversary this year with three days of poetry events and a gala planned for September to celebrate the program that has provided a platform for creative voices across the globe.
![Flash Friday Sally Maltempi](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Flash%20Friday%20Header%2024.3.1%20hp.jpg?VersionId=R_GHUVoJWDa8LJdpdwGZo4.V68mdJIl5&h=a5d5c137&itok=5U1F-18L)
Sally Maltempi, a senior chemistry major with a focus in biochemistry and a music minor at Kent State University from Rootstown, Ohio, tests foodborne diseases by day and sings opera at night.