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Students standing in green house

What Determines Your Social Behavior as You Develop Into an Adult?

For two decades, Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Kent State University, has been studying what happens within the brain that potentially modulates social behavior such as aggression, social memory and maternal care.

Tags: Research & Science, Nationally Distinctive

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Graphic for a video game created by AGD students

Animation Game Design Soars to the Top 50 of Princeton Review

The Princeton Review’s 2023 rankings of top undergraduate schools for game design have been released, and the Kent State University College of Applied and Technical Studies Bachelor of Science degree in Animation Game Design (AGD) program broke through the top 50 as one of the best programs in game design studies.
 

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Gracie Ford and Lulu on Daffodil Hill

IN A FLASH: Chill on the Hill

The colors of spring have arrived on the Kent Campus. 

 

Tags: May 4, 50th Commemoration of May 4, Student Life, Nationally Distinctive

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Undergrad researcher at ESDRI symposium

“This is, by far, my favorite event of anything we do here.”

Kent State's annual Undergraduate Research Symposium is one of the university's biggest research events of the year.

Tags: Division of Research & Sponsored Programs, Research & Science, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Nationally Distinctive, Students First, University News

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Earn your degree completely online.

‘Labor of Love’ Leading Design and Success of Online Programs

Kent State is already among 2023’s Best Online Programs, and those programs are working hard to continue changing the conversation about online degrees and demonstrating their value.

Tags: Student Life, Nationally Distinctive, Students First, Kent State Works

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Two students in a lab.

New Research Funding Plan ‘Changes the Game’

Following Kent State’s designation as an R1 research institution, the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs set its sights on investments to maintain this designation, including increasing the amount of grant dollars spent over the next three years.

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Dorceta Taylor ESDRI Symposium Keynote Speaker

Environmental Justice, Ecology and Race

Issues concerning environmentalism and race will be explored at the 2023 ESDRI Symposium, April 13-14, at Kent State University

Tags: ESDRI, Research & Science, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute, Anti-Racism and Equity Institute, Organizational Sustainability, Students First, Nationally Distinctive

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M4VC Gallery One

Connecting the Story of May 4 to Today’s Headlines

Since it first opened 10 years ago, the mission of the May 4 Visitors Center has continued to evolve.

Tags: May 4, May 4 Visitors Center, University News, Nationally Distinctive, Community & Society

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Army Hospital

Professional Judgment Is ‘Driving Force’ in Army Nurse Program

Two Kent State Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) cadets, will be spending their summer immersed in an experience propelling them into a career with the Army.

Tags: Student Life, Nationally Distinctive

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Telegram from the National Urban League

IN A FLASH: A National Call For Unity And Action

Five days after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, an important message was sent to the nation's Urban Leagues. 

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