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![PBS to highlight Kent State Stark professor's research on how butterflies could help serve as a model to deliver medicine to humans. PBS to highlight Kent State Stark professor's research on how butterflies could help serve as a model to deliver medicine to humans.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/18494255410_dafde2673f_k.jpg?VersionId=FVdmUA47z9RwyZljZL2TdesLm4nzT28M&h=a1e1a043&itok=JLRJSR3q)
PBS to highlight Kent State Stark professor's research on how butterflies could be used as a model for delivering disease-fighting drugs to the human body.
![Kent State University Commencement](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/goodcall3-ka.jpg?VersionId=K1O9zfETZD41JA2DurFEA3B4LO8K3wW4&h=bde28bee&itok=y0fZPLmi)
GoodCall talked with professors around the country about the use of liberal arts degrees and the skills that students use as a springboard to the next step in their education and career path.
![International Society of Typographic Designers Student Assessment scheme in the MAC Center Annex International Society of Typographic Designers Student Assessment scheme in the MAC Center Annex](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/_DSC1775_CROP.jpg?VersionId=Yvgon2BGq.ldwIL_maTvhWFlh_R_uOCt&h=e6f36a9c&itok=uC-58KSO)
Eight School of Visual Communication Design (VCD) students were awarded membership to the prestigious International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD).
![Metin I. Eren, director of archaeology and an assistant professor of anthropology in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, prepares to fire a replica arrowhead at a special lab at the university's Kent Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Metin%20Eren_0.jpeg?VersionId=kv9ggingl4D3gN41V4EGtZEUZMyFOjeL&h=58c8a5e7&itok=kobqPNRQ)
Kent State professor uses a $215,000 National Science Foundation grant to analyze weapons technology dating back 11,000 to 12,000 years.
![Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in Kent State’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/DA64_047.jpg?VersionId=LaCU_h4a92rHPSv0kSm.pL6X1xFLs8iV&h=2a71c125&itok=87OGdy6Q)
Kent State's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
![Traveling Stanzas: poets share their stories](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/poetry.reading-ka.jpg?VersionId=UEs9MgrjMvPBge2T_NLCTzuwo7PAC_Y3&h=bde28bee&itok=wdk0TsV8)
A unique poetry partnership is helping to spread the “word” about migration, literally. Powerful and inspiring words are ringing throughout 11 cities in the United States.
![Photo Courtesy: CBS. Kent State alumna joins The Amazing Race team for the 29th season. Photo Courtesy: CBS. Kent State alumna joins The Amazing Race team for the 29th season.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/a-race-team-ka.jpg?VersionId=UZHAdj_9kFxvAze0LTH6tGN.NzYKfjjT&h=bde28bee&itok=KxvUaBTk)
A Kent State alumna joins "The Amazing Race" team to compete for $1 million on CBS.
![Kent State Uses Geospatial Technology to Map Violence Kent State Uses Geospatial Technology to Map Violence](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Earth-ka.jpg?VersionId=I729PaVYkVbTjhc3QvniTXdVTV9XvzRL&h=bde28bee&itok=vQ6QqoSy)
Kent State University researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.