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Kent State University students, faculty and staff gather outside the Kent Student Center to view the solar eclipse.
![Kent State University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies. Kent State University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/school-of-peace2.jpg?VersionId=ypj.9vJsWhQxrStz8f1NHDBUK.SJ7knb&h=e6f36a9c&itok=nsoJdqG2)
Kent State University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month.
![WKYC-TV talks with Kent State researchers about the Acting White Accusation. WKYC-TV talks with Kent State researchers about the Acting White Accusation.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/AWA%20WKYC.jpg?VersionId=r8cKG0BckWhyHmn8BUIGPnSqb9v28U.r&h=43c0db91&itok=O9qETL0e)
Kent State Professor Angela Neal-Barnett shares her Acting White Accusation research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org.
![Emelia Sherin, a public relations major in Kent State’s College of Communication and Information, has written a play “Independent: The Heroin Project.” Emelia Sherin, a public relations major in Kent State’s College of Communication and Information, has written a play “Independent: The Heroin Project.”](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/MO_Emelia-4608.jpg?VersionId=1_2QJ7N9vxMrXgd1FBX23eNUpvRiOjGn&h=e6f36a9c&itok=1MUnAUqE)
The New York Times highlights a Kent State University student who turned the heroin epidemic into a theatrical performance “Independent: The Heroin Project.”
![One Stop for Student Services will serve as a single point-of-contact for student customer services previously provided at the Bursar, Registrar and Student Financial Aid offices. One Stop for Student Services will serve as a single point-of-contact for student customer services previously provided at the Bursar, Registrar and Student Financial Aid offices.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/library-ka.jpg?VersionId=8hBRSj5_n4fP6XAepYgDPfk3Mg4aGlZD&h=e6f36a9c&itok=ABb8qmr7)
One Stop for Student Services will serve as a single point-of-contact for student customer services previously provided at the Bursar, Registrar and Student Financial Aid offices.
![A Kent State entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords. A Kent State entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/rental%20app2.jpg?VersionId=iMXGCvlbV3Zbb1Z4Zw_h_8PgQdZ3CcIg&h=413f55e7&itok=UOZrAfH2)
A Kent State entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.
![The Kent Campus looks beautiful on a summer day. The Kent Campus looks beautiful on a summer day.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Video-360%20thumbnail.jpg?VersionId=dIo2lnNAzBFsliYEe5XdcuxfxLIhPkHZ&h=e6f36a9c&itok=ftkT9sds)
Experience the Kent Campus in 360°. You can click and drag the screen to look around, or you can move your smartphone around (left, right, up and down) or use your smartphone with a VR (virtual reality) headset.
![Janice Lessman-Moss (left), professor of textile arts at Kent State University, works with a student on a weaving loom in the Center for the Visual Arts.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/07.17.17%20Photo%20of%20Janice%20Lessman-Moss%20and%20Kent%20State%20student%20-%20Great%20Colleges%20to%20Work%20For.jpg?VersionId=XNU6PD_euhxs85XjPtxs3ttrmfN.wWIq&h=81894d79&itok=cKTGcjKz)
Kent State University is being recognized for the eighth time as a “Great College to Work For” by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities.