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Kent State visitors meet at the Rwandan Ministry.

Kent State's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future. 

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KSU students participate in Spaceport America Cup

The Kent State High Powered Rocket Team attended the 2023 Spaceport America Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Liz Piatt, Ph.D., assistant dean for academic diversity success in University College; Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., senior vice president of student affairs; Eboni J. Pringle, Ph.D., senior associate vice president and dean of University College; Randall Lennox, senior institutional research information officer, and Melanie Jones, director of student success programs.

Kent State is one of 21 institutions that has advanced to the First Scholars phase of the First Scholars Network. Faculty and staff are hard at work to provide a higher-quality experience for first generation students. 

Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of Kent State University's May 4 Visitors Center.

After a national search, Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of Kent State University’s May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at Kent State on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s.

Flying Flashes 2023 Air Race Winners

Kent State's flight team takes first-place honors for the second consecutive year in an air race for women pilots.

Aeronautics student and professor in a plane

While aeronautics has long been a fixture at Kent State University, with the advent of a new career field called “Advanced Air Mobility,” the university is in a unique position to help support growth of cutting-edge technologies – and job opportunities – in this space today. 

David Hassler, director of Kent State University's Wick Poetry Center, performs at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit.

"Poetry and science are not opposites, they’re actually allies," said David Hassler, director of Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center. 

Hassler paraphrases American poet Jane Hirshfield, who, in 2017, contacted him to collaborate on a Poets for Science project, which is now an interactive exhibit and writing invitation housed at the Wick Poetry Center on the Kent Campus. 

Kent State students tour Florence, Italy, with Assistant Dean Kristin Stasiowski, Ph.D.

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 education-abroad programs in the country.

A driver adjust the radio dial in his car.

Kent State University School of Media and Journalism Associate Professor Mitch McKenney explains why there is a critical need to maintain access to AM radio in cars.

Metin Eren, Ph.D., associate professor and director of archeology at Kent State University, demonstrates flintknapping.

For most, the craft known as flintknapping is a skilled hobby or art form that was thought to occasionally require bandages or stitches. However, new research suggests flintknapping is far more dangerous than previously understood.