Community & Society
Kent State Alum is a Natural When it Comes to Parks, Rec and Tourism
Since childhood Kent State alum Jessica Clonch has wanted to combine her love of the outdoors with her career. Now, to her delight, she’s living the dream.
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.
Forging a Connection Between May 4, 1970, and May 18, 1980
A year ago, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., ’13, a literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, was concluding his time as a visiting professor at Kent State University with one goal in mind: Create an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies.
‘What Were You Wearing?’ More Than Just Clothes
The powerful “What Were You Wearing?” art installation in the Center for Visual Arts is more than just clothes.
Kent State Experiences Day of Activism
Kent State University students exercised their freedom of speech rights on Tuesday, April 16, with opposing speakers appearing on campus the same day.
Kent State Aeronautics Alum Teaches in the Classroom and Hires at his Companies
Nicholas Belluardo is a part-time faculty member at Kent State and the co-owner of four aviation businesses.
IN A FLASH: Cemetery Calling
Cemetery Calling, the newest play by Kent State alumni and staffer Eric Mansfield premiered in Cleveland earlier this year. Another of Mansfield's plays, Trial by Fire, will be performed on campus in Fall 2024.
Healthy Communities Research Institute Tackles Today's Pressing Issues
The Healthy Communities Research Institute conducts interdisciplinary basic and applied research that will lead to the discovery of practices that “enable people to thrive free of preventable diseases and injury.”
Three Minutes of Darkness Create a Lifetime Memory
For three short minutes on April 8, our world stood still.
Rising Scholars’ NASA HUNCH Culinary Team Earns Chance To Compete at National Level
A team of Rising Scholars from Kent State Columbiana County earned a spot in the finals of the NASA HUNCH culinary competition at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The scholars will compete with teams from around the country on April 17 to determine if their culinary creation will be a future meal selection for astronauts aboard the International Space Station.