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Student researchers at work in a laboratory at Kent State University.

With more than six months at the helm of Kent State University’s research division, Vice President Douglas Delahanty, Ph.D., has been hard at work making sure the university is sharply focused on its collaborations with business and industry and maintaining its R1 research status. He recently sat down with Kent State Today to talk about his first year and changes in the division.

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KSU Ice Arena construction

Renovations to the Kent State University Ice Arena will create an indoor practice field.

Monarch butterfly in Murin Gardens.

The colorful landscaping on the Kent Campus attracts visitors of all kinds - and species. 

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Engineers from Leica install the new NLO microscope in the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus in June 2023.

Kent State University researchers are beginning to use a new high-tech microscope that will allow them to view the structure of cell tissue on a more intense level. 

Storm debris by the Sun Sphere sculpture, near Franklin Hall.

Videos show Thursday's storm and the damage it caused to the May 4 Memorial. 

Student walking by a large, downed tree on Front Campus.

Strong storms caused damage across the Kent Campus on Thursday night. 

Dean Mistur welcomes students to his college.

Kent State's College of Architecture and Environmental Design had an all-college welcome for new and returning students on Wednesday. 

The Henry and Louise Timken Atrium in the CAE Expansion.

The College of Aeronautics and Engineering is growing and its building's new, state-of-the-art expansion is welcoming students for Fall Semester classes.

Kent State researchers are kicking off the Student Life Study, an ambitious project that seeks to follow 10,000 students throughout their lifetime to offer help in real time and create a data pool to help inform educational policy.

Kent State researchers are looking for 10,000 students to participate in an ambitious Student Life Study launching this semester. 

Kent State Professors Develop Machine Learning Tool to Assess Children’s Math Proficiency
child doing homework

Three Kent State Professors have been awarded a $101,929 grant to develop a machine learning tool to evaluate and support children's understanding of fraction arithmetic.