College of Arts and Sciences

Mazel Tov! -- Kent State to Honor Retiring Jewish Studies Director as Program Reaches Half Century Mark

Transforming the Sp(e)ace: School of Peace and Conflict Studies to Host Open House

New Publication in Physical Review X Reveals Surprising Connection Between Liquid Crystals and Metals

New Year, New Lab, New Dad
The 2023-24 academic year has been a life-changing one for Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., an assistant professor of computer science in the College of Arts and Sciences, who embarked on his first faculty position at Kent State last semester.

LGBTQ History: Peace and Conflict Studies Professor Speaks at Cambridge and Oxford Universities
Molly Merryman, Ph.D., associate professor in Kent State University’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies, received a double dose of prestige recently when she was invited to speak at both the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford in England in the same week.

Ohio LGBTQ History Revealed: Kent State SURE Project Leads to Niche Discovery
Alex Moir is one of many students who participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program in 2023. Alongside mentor Lauren Vachon, the two were determined to investigate Ohio’s LGBTQ history and were led to the story of Georgia Hopley through a tip from an archivist at Ohio History Connection (a non-profit historical society) of a possible undocumented queer romance.

Postdoctoral Scholar Receives Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Dissertation Award

Kent State Professor Studies Young Adults Coming Out of Justice System

Happy New Year! Students Usher in Year of the Dragon With Food and Fun
Satterfield Hall was filled with the sights, sounds and smells of Lunar New Year as Kent State University students gathered Feb. 14 to celebrate and learn to make Asian dumplings.