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A student flips through a book at the Kent State University Press book sale

Looking for an interesting book to put in your beach bag this summer? The Kent State University Press has plenty of new reads.

Cover the Walls at USITT 2024

Students working in the Kent State University Costume Shop showed off their designs at a theatre trade conference in Seattle this spring. 

Kent State won the food waste category in the Campus Race to Zero Waste national competition.

Kent State University earned first-place honors in the annual Campus Race to Zero Waste, a nationwide college campus recycling competition.

illustration of fireflies

Kent State associate professor and population ecologist Christie Bahlai, Ph.D., offers tips to help our little bioluminescent buddies to thrive.

Lightning strikes near Kent State University Airport

A different kind of flash visited the Kent State University Airport during a recent spring storm. 

Daffodil Hill on the Kent State Campus at sunset

Several sites on Kent State's Kent Campus have been dedicated to remember and honor fallen members of the U.S. military for Memorial Day and every day. 

National Park signage for Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

Kent State alumnus and Professor Emeritus help Hopewell earthworks in Ohio earn UNESCO World Cultural Site designation.

 

College of Podiatric Medicine Spring 2024 Commencement


Ready to serve the community from the ground up, Kent State University’s College of Podiatric Medicine welcomed 88 new graduates in its spring Class of 2024.

Rep. Emilia Sykes, Democrat, 13th District, speaks of Kent State University Airport in her support for FAA Reauthorization Act.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act affects millions at airports large and small including in the Akron-Canton Airport, the Akron Fulton Airport and the Kent State University Airport.

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Author, attorney and former South Carolina state lawmaker Bakari Sellers, in a recent interview with NPR, questioned whether the country has learned the lessons of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University.