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Brain Waves of Tibetan Monks Could One Day Help Students in the West

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Kent State University Professor David Fresco, Ph.D., is studying the brain waves of Tibetan monks to better understand their mental training exercises.

Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibetan monks have practiced analytic meditation – where they memorize a Buddhist text and then attempt to deepen their understanding of this material by joining in debate pits led by a senior monk, known as the challenger.

Life-Changing Event Inspires Kent State Entrepreneur to Help Prevent Infectious Diseases

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Shanice Cheatham worked with Kent State’s College of Public Health and LaunchNET Kent State to help her company, Endemic Solutions, develop its Endemic Filtration Portable Handwashing System.

In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, a graduate student at Kent State, was told that her father had a 10-percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.

Igniting Innovation: Meet Kent State Stark's First Innovation Fellow

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Sophomore Samantha Glass (right) is Kent State University at Stark's first Innovation Fellow

Samantha Glass, sophomore computer science major, became Kent State University at Stark’s first University Innovation Fellow, which makes her part of a national program designed to train student leaders to create entrepreneurial opportunities at their schools.

Kent State’s Executive MBA Program Achieves Top-Tier Global Ranking by CEO Magazine

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Greta Polites, assistant professor of management and information systems, teaches a class in a lecture hall in the Business Building.

The Executive MBA program at Kent State University’s College of Business Administration has once again been ranked in the top tier of CEO Magazine’s Global Ranking.

2015 President’s Excellence Award Recipients Announced

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Kent State University President presented Rebecca Cash, an academic advisor in the Department of Sociology, with the President's Excellence Award for ensuring a Students First focus.

Kent State University President Beverly Warren recently presented eight Kent State employees with the President’s Excellence Award. Warren made surprise visits to each recipient’s office with a hearty congratulations and a check for $1,000.

Kent State Women’s Basketball Coach Named Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award Winner

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Kent State University women's basketball coach Danielle O'Banion cheers her team on from the bench during a game.

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has announced the selection of Kent State University coach and cancer survivor Danielle O'Banion as the winner of the Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award for women's basketball.

The Oak Ridge Boys in Concert at the Performing Arts Center at Kent State Tuscarawas

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The Oak Ridge Boys will perform at the Performing Arts Center at Kent State Tuscarawas on March 5.

The Oak Ridge Boys are bringing their Celebration Tour to Kent State Tuscarawas for two shows at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on March 5. This will be their third engagement at the Performing Arts Center.

Kent State Receives Tree Campus USA Recognition for Eighth Consecutive Year

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A Kent State University student walks past snow-covered trees on the Kent Campus after the first heavy snowfall of 2016.

Kent State University has earned its eighth consecutive recognition from Tree Campus USA, a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals.

Cessna Chooses Kent State as a 2016 Top Hawk University Partner

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Members of Nikki Kukwa’s family pose around a Cessna 172 aircraft, along with Robert Sines, interim dean of the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability, and Technology; and Chief Flight Instructor Dawn Resek.

Kent State University’s Aeronautics Program has received a Kent State-branded Cessna^® Skyhawk^® 172 aircraft, which it named Nikki to honor an aeronautics student who died from leukemia.

Kent State College of Nursing Professor Researches Stress and Obesity in Children

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Ya-Fen Wang, Ph.D., assistant professor in Kent State University’s College of Nursing, discusses her project with three students (from left to right), Wendy May, Soon Young Ha and Diane Hill.

Ya-Fen Wang, Ph.D., assistant professor in Kent State University’s College of Nursing, is working on a one-year project to study if children’s prolonged exposure to stressful situations encourages poor eating behaviors, which can lead to childhood obesity.

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