College of Architecture and Environmental Design
![Serene (Hawes) Montgomery presents her research to CAED.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2833%29_0.png?VersionId=r_xi_axll4cU0e662bjYeRlZOgPdcj_T&itok=bzJMUa_G)
![Dean Mistur welcomes students to his college. Dean Mistur welcomes students to his college.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20230823_BC_Architecture_015.jpg?VersionId=aTJyzyLfDUBzz6sHpHf_tHasCUBOSacc&itok=yca10EpR)
Kent State's College of Architecture and Environmental Design had an all-college welcome for new and returning students on Wednesday.
![A student and mother share an emotional moment on move-in day. A student and mother share an emotional moment on move-in day.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20230815_Move%20in%20day%201-54.jpg?VersionId=SXYD8I6UEsq1pff.zPeVQVfn3i6YTkZ2&itok=VNSLGOGC)
Move-in days create excitement and emotion in everyone on campus, ahead of the start of fall classes next week.
![Lillian Kuri will lead the Cleveland Foundation as its 10th president and CEO, starting Aug. 1, 2023. Lillian Kuri will lead the Cleveland Foundation as its 10th president and CEO, starting Aug. 1, 2023.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Lillian%20Kuri%20headshot.jpg?VersionId=HfdQPBPLi10twmoUcT0_k3a0ZrCepsvD&itok=fdn5MmHZ)
Kent State University alumna Lillian Kuri has been unanimously elected as the Cleveland Foundation’s 10th president and CEO.
![Blueprint Banner](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Untitled%20design%20%281%29_1.jpg?VersionId=VhLYhQIu2DNn85Z3vidZ_Jis.7GZMpDE&itok=9O_Pewd9)
As CEO of DesignGroup in Columbus, Ohio, Kent State alumnus Sherm Moreland found his niche in architecture and a passion for healthcare design. He says the same values that he lived by as a Kent State student still guide his work today.
![AIGA Beaux Arts Ball 2023 AIGA Beaux Arts Ball 2023](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/IMG_9678.jpg?VersionId=AdAodlZ8zZRqUYRWSbw3j6F1CpsXMWzL&itok=Bh1ywbQX)
Earlier this month, Kent State architecture students attended a black-tie, costume ball.
![Belden Materials Library Belden Materials Library](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/IMG_2103.jpg?VersionId=PF74cLXkIjwYvw.EcsEe_9L1OGoMuB96&itok=rd7U5JZi)
An Earth Month event today inside the Architecture Library focuses on sustainable building materials.
![Fungal Furniture exhibit at the DI Hub Muselab Fungal Furniture exhibit at the DI Hub Muselab](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20230324_Innovation-Day_0063.jpg?VersionId=FTq93pWNzekqBC13eL4DigAMzan35k88&itok=KcpcA9u-)
An innovative experiment creates building materials from fungus.
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A fungus that spent a week inside a grow tent has taken over the MuseLab. This isn’t the start of a science fiction novel, or an episode of “The Last of Us,” it’s “Party of One: Future Fungal Furniture.” The exhibit is the first publicly shared experiment of Britta Bielak’s research on the potential that mycelium, the root-like structure of a fungus, has as a regenerative and structural building material.