Community & Society

Runway of Dreams at Kent State was founded in the spring of 2021 by current president Bri Cummings, a senior fashion design and fashion merchandising major. The club partners with the Runway of Dreams Foundation to raise awareness of the need for adaptive clothing. 

Hey, Kent State, the new distracted driving legislation went into effect on April 4. What is it and are there exceptions? Find out more.

Last month’s “Brains on Tap” discussion on Parkinson’s disease is now available to listen to on Ideastream Public Media. 

Brains on Tap is a quarterly series of public discussions, held at a brewery or bar, on topics of research being conducted by members of Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) and other Northeast Ohio neuroscientists.

A Kent State researcher is collecting video interviews from the LGBTQ+ community from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. 

LGBTQ+ Center event celebrates transgender people and their contributions to our world.

March is National Social Work Month in the United States. Although it is a celebratory time, the profession currently faces challenges due to reductions in the labor force and a growing population of need, especially in rural communities. Kent State recently announced the creation of a Bachelor of Social Work academic degree program, which will launch in the fall of 2023 with a focus on rural social work. 

As of 2021, the fashion industry was responsible for 10% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, according to research done by the Columbia Climate School.

Want coffee? Good news. We visited seven coffee places in Kent and on the Kent Campus and discovered their most popular drink orders just for you.

Through many challenges, this non-traditional student persisted in pursuing her dream of earning a degree from Kent State. 

Anyone in the Kent State community can submit a photo for "IN A FLASH."