College of Arts and Sciences

Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., is finishing his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at Kent State University.

New Professor Completes His ‘Freshman’ Year

Freshman year can be a little stressful, even for a faculty member. But Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., who just completed his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at Kent State University, is feeling content and excited for the next academic year.

Tags: Research & Science , Profiles , Students First , Department of Computer Science , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Mathematical Sciences

Kent State Today

Roger Mac Ginty gives his remarks at the open house of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies renovated space on March 20, 2024

Author of Everyday Peace Visits Kent State; Reflects on May 4 and School of Peace and Conflict Studies

Roger Mac Ginty, Ph.D., Professor in Defense, Development & Diplomacy at Durham University (UK), recently visited Kent State University as an invited colloquium speaker of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies. On March 12, Mac Ginty gave a presentation titled “Two Cheers for Ignorance: The M…

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College of Arts & Sciences

Senior Hannah Fender graduates.

She's Staying for Graduate School!

As a high school senior just three years ago, Hannah Fender was not overly excited about attending Kent State University. Now, she loves it so much, she’s staying for graduate school.

Tags: Research & Science , Student Life , Profiles , Students First , Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Honors College

Honors College

Sydney stands in front of her research board

Sydney Gallagher's College Career as an Exceptional Honors College Student

Sydney Gallagher, an Honors College senior graduating in May 2024 with a Bachelor of Arts in biology, has had a college career chock-full of activities, learning experiences, and extraordinary accomplishments. Originally from Hudson, Ohio, Sydney decided to attend Kent State Universit…

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Honors College

Quark-gluon plasma visualization

Kent State University physics alumna Dr. Dekrayat Almaalol receives 2024 Leona Woods Lectureship Award

Kent State University Physics alumna Dr. Dekrayat Almaalol receives 2024 Leona Woods Lectureship Award from Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Tags: Physics , Center for Nuclear Research , Department of Physics , College of Arts and Sciences

Physics

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D. (right), is pictured at the Doula and Community Expo hosted by Birthing Beautiful Communities in April 2024. (Photo provided by Angela Neal-Barnett)

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation Awards Additional $300,000 to Kent State’s Spirit of Motherhood Program to Combat Infant Mortality and Prevent Preterm Births

Kent State University’s Angela Neal-Barnett has been working diligently to build up the Spirit of Motherhood program with the goal of reducing trauma and stress symptoms experienced by its pregnant Black mother participants. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation recently awarded the program another $300,000 to continue its work over the next three years.

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

Alumni and Giving

Two students conversing on a stairs with a banner celebrating 35 years of translation at Kent State

Translation Studies Program Set to Celebrate 35 Years of Success

Kent State University’s Translation Studies program will be celebrating its 35th anniversary on April 12-13 and the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies with a full schedule of festivities and programming for its students, faculty, and alumni. “We have the most comprehensive tran…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies , Translation , Humanities

College of Arts & Sciences

Image 5: Clovis fluted points hafted onto wooden handles by Michael Wilson. (Images credit: Metin I. Eren)

Experimental collaboration between archaeologists and MeatEater highlights the prevalence of equifinality in archaeological interpretation

Kent State University’s experimental archaeologists, along with those from several other universities, joined forces with the popular hunting, outdoors, and conservation media platform, MeatEater, Inc., for a unique animal processing experiment, shedding new light on ancient stone knives and showcas…

Tags: Department of Anthropology , Experimental Archaeology , Research , College of Arts and Sciences , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

College of Arts & Sciences