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Kent State University is celebrating 50 years of educational partnership with one of Italy’s most historically rich cities for design, arts and culture. What first began in 1972 with a small group of Kent State architecture students and faculty traveling to Florence, Italy, for a few weeks has blossomed into one of the most prestigious edu...

For all the bells and whistles modern vehicles offer today, such as high-tech infotainment systems, Bluetooth connectivity and streaming services, there is one critical safety feature that today’s Teslas just can’t offer: AM radio. While AM radio may be seen as a seldom-used dinosaur in today’s world of multimedia enterta...

Every day, hundreds of stone artifact enthusiasts around the world sit down and begin striking a stone with special tools attempting to craft the perfect arrowhead or knife. This craft is known as flintknapping, and for most, it is a skilled hobby or art form that was thought to occasionally require bandages or stitches. However, new resea...

U.S. News & World Report ranks 11 Kent State University programs among the best in the nation in its recently released 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings. Topping off its newest recognitions, Kent State ranks No. 19 on the Best Rehabilitation Counseling Programs list, making it the highest-ranked institution – public or privat...

The Kent State University Press released a list of new titles this spring that would make for enjoyable summer reading for the beach, pool or backyard hammock.  Each year the press publishes dozens of books ranging from crime fiction and poetry to history and biographies.  “Our new titles from our 2023 spring catalog includ...

When Kent State University President Todd Diacon first viewed the “Young Plato” documentary at this year’s Cleveland International Film Festival in March, he immediately knew that he wanted the film to be shown at Kent State. So, about a month later, as part of the university’s annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, the documentary film w...

Tears, hugs, happy reunions and solemn remembrance marked the 53rd Commemoration of May 4, 1970. Donald Scott Mackenzie (center), one of the nine students wounded in the tragedy, walks with Kent State University President Todd Diacon (right) and Amy Reynolds, dean of Kent State's College of Communication and Information (CCI).  Mac...

A prayer was read in Hebrew at the B'nai B'rith Hillel Marker on the May 4 memorial site as part of the annual candlelight walk and vigil on May 3. The silent walk around campus begins each year at at 11 p.m. and takes about 60 minutes. Afterward, at midnight, the vigil begins as one person with a candle stands in the each of the four...

As someone who studied higher education administration, Kent State University Assistant Professor Erica Eckert, Ph.D., had always wondered what it would have been like to experience the May 4, 1970, Kent State shootings as a student affairs administrator.  The research she conducted to answer this question was selected as the prese...

Two student designers included fashions for children in their collections at the Kent State University School of Fashion's Annual Fashion Show, which took place April 26-29.  The Annual Fashion Show highlights the outstanding talent of Kent State’s fashion design and merchandising students. Students submit work (everything fro...