Arts & Culture

Fashion Student Starts Business to Help Spread Awareness of Sustainability
These days, consumers can buy the latest clothing trends quickly and inexpensively. But, critics say, this “fast fashion” can be detrimental to the environment.

Touched by Migration: Poetry Helps Give Refugees and Immigrants a Voice
A unique poetry partnership is helping to spread the “word” about migration, literally. Powerful and inspiring words are ringing throughout 11 cities in the United States.

Touched by Migration: Poetry Helps Give Refugees and Immigrants a Voice
A unique poetry partnership is helping to spread the “word” about migration, literally. Powerful and inspiring words are ringing throughout 11 cities in the United States.

Kent Trumbull Student Brings Theatre to the Deaf Community
Kent State University at Trumbull sophomore Jessie Narkum is co-directing a production of The Little Mermaid Jr. performed entirely in American Sign Language.

Michael Kors Partners with Kent State Fashion School for Annual Fashion Show
Luxury lifestyle brand Michael Kors will partner with the Kent State University School of Fashion Design and Merchandising to present the school’s 35th Annual Fashion Show.

Communication Students Spread Love to Strangers in an Effort to Combat Hate
In the midst of recent events in America, some Islamic centers have been attacked or received hate mail. Constance Kassor, assistant professor of religious studies at Lawrence University, decided kind words could combat the hate. After receiving permission from the targeted Islamic centers, she comp…
Prof Moves Into Motel to Study the People That Society ‘Doesn’t Care Enough About’
Struggling addicts, registered sex offenders, released prisoners and the recently homeless. A Kent State professor documents their stories to raise awareness of the issues they face.

Pay-What-You-Want. What Drives Up the Price?
If you could name your price for items ranging from food to music and shows, how much would you pay?

Kent State’s Fashion School Receives Morgan Foundation Impact Award
The Fashion School at Kent State University is the recipient of the 2016 Impact Award for Excellence in Education, presented by the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation.

Kickin’ it with Kenny Spotlights the Kent State Fashion School Store
The Kent State Fashion School Store got some early morning customers -- via television.