Nationally Distinctive

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.

Kent State University students cross Risman Plaza by the fountain.

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.

Aeronautics students posing in front of the KSU airport hangar

Congratulations are in order for the Kent State University Precision Flight Team for another successful appearance at the National Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON), hosted by the National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s (NIFA). The team competed from May 8th through May 13th in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 

An illustration of books.

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. 

McArevey and Elvis meet

A visiting documentary star (and Elvis fan) received a very special welcome at Kent State.