Success Story

The Society for Diversity Honors Kent State for Serving as a National Model for Workplace Inclusion
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Lisa Givan (left), Alfreda Brown (middle) and Dana Lawless-Andric, all from Kent State's Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, display the Innovation + Inclusion Leadership Award that was presented to the university.

The Better to See You With
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Robert J. Clements, Ph.D., is developing new imaging techniques that can look at what is going on in the brain down to the level of a single cell.

Robert Clements, Ph.D., is developing new imaging techniques that give a 3D or even 4D look deep inside the brain and body, giving new insights to researchers and clinicians. See the video and read the story.

WKSU Named Best Radio News Operation in Ohio
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WKSU News staff members work on their stories in the station's newsroom.

Kent State Receives “Great College to Work For” Recognition for Eighth Time
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Janice Lessman-Moss (left), professor of textile arts at Kent State University, works with a student on a weaving loom in the Center for the Visual Arts.

Kent State Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
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Kent State professor Hanbin Mao (middle) co-authored a paper with graduate students Sagun Jonchhe (left) and Prakash Shrestha (right) on the genetic factors influencing the formation of cancer cells.

According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017. These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it. An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by Kent State University researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

Kent State University Airport Designated Airport of the Year
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Staff and students pose with an airplane at the Kent State University Airport. The Kent State University Airport has been named Airport of the Year by the Ohio Aviation Association.

Kent Stater Named Best in Ohio
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Jimmy Miller, a 2017 Kent State graduate who served as editor of The Kent Stater, takes notes while talking to a fellow student in the student media newsroom in Franklin Hall.

Kent State Researchers Study Link Between Viral Mobile App and a Healthier Lifestyle
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Kent State University researchers study the link between Pokémon GO and increased exercise.

Wick Poetry Center to Benefit From Ford Foundation's $200,000 Grant to the Poetry Coalition
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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, reads a poem during the River of Words poetry reading in the center’s Poetry Park.

World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated
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Kent State Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger examines new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

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