Community Impact

The Kent State University Bookstore celebrated "Dr. Seuss Day" on Thursday. 

Businesses open, businesses close, new businesses take their place. In the past three years (and counting) more than 20 new businesses have opened their doors in Kent, Ohio. But who is coming and why?

Professor of psychological sciences Mary Beth Spitznagel has experienced the burden of caregiving for her beloved dog, Allo, who developed bladder cancer. This influenced her research into how a pet with chronic illness can affect caregivers.

Paul Gaston, Emeritus Trustees Professor and author, will offer a presentation on actions Gaston believes call for society to "confront the existential threat to higher education as we know it posed by politicians who want to remake the academy in their image."

This March, Kent State University is celebrating the 2023 Women’s History Month. The theme for 2023 is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.”

The first on-campus Farmers' Market of spring arrived on Tuesday in the DI Hub. 

As a Kent State University student in the early 1990s, Heather Rohwedder Malarcik '96 could never have imagined that she would one day find her dream job in downtown Kent, Ohio.

People from Kent and Kent State are sharing positivity and building community with small rocks. 

On Saturday, Kent State hosted Adaptive Sports Ohio's Wheelchair Basketball Championship. 

More than 1,000 photos of Black student life have been digitized and are waiting for members of the Kent State community to help identify them.