News Archive
Two Kent State University alumni will be in the spotlight this week as the Pro Football Hall of Fame celebrates its Class of 2025, with Antonio Gates set for enshrinement Saturday and Mary Kay Cabot receiving prestigious recognition for her four decades of sports journalism excellence.
Dedicated in April 2015, The Student Memorial Garden on Manchester Field was created as a place of reflection and remembrance of all Kent State students who have died.
Copley High School senior Grant Hyne developed Hammock Hangout on the Kent Campus as part of an Eagle Scout service project.
Orange barrels will soon appear on a three-quarter-mile stretch of Ohio Route 59/East Main Street that runs through Kent State University’s Front Campus, marking the start of a three-year construction project to make the thoroughfare safer and more attractive.
Kent State’s Annual Environmental Science and Design Research Institute Research Showcase offers an opportunity for student researchers to present posters showcasing their explorations and findings in all areas of environmental research and design.
The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience is a great opportunity for undergraduate researchers such as Ethan Wenk to work directly with a faculty mentor, gain valuable experience to clarify career and educational goals, enhance research skills and gain academic insight.
This summer, artists from the region, Kent State and around the world came together for a transformative two weeks of Kent Blossom Art Intensives.
Find out which first names were repeated most frequently at Kent State’s spring commencement ceremonies in 2025 and which names topped the list against national trends.
Broadcast journalism is a competitive world. But Kent State University's Sydney Brown is already making her mark.
Kent State's International Student and Scholar Services, with the Office of Global Education, invited the university's international students and their families to come together at summer luncheon on campus.
Kent State University’s College of Public Health is the only fully accredited public health college to offer an undergraduate pathway to clinical trials research, a rapidly expanding segment of the healthcare job market.
Kent State University is taking a big step forward in its ecological and evolutionary research with the establishment of its new on-campus Outdoor Vivarium for Oviparous Microbiomes – a dynamic new aviary facility located on the eastern edge of the Kent Campus near a thriving wetland.
The Center for Advanced Air Mobility within Kent State's College of Aeronautics and Engineering fosters research, testing and development of safe, efficient and sustainable solutions for passenger and cargo aircraft using autonomous aircraft technology.
There's music in the summer breezes at Kent State as the annual Kent Blossom Music Festival welcomes students from the U.S. and abroad to study with world class musicians to campus.
In a quiet office at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, Michele Curran Cornell spends her weekdays immersed in history — not the kind found in textbooks, but the kind that impacts families and honors those who gave everything for our country.
Honors College helped recent graduate John Comi build a sense of community as well as meet his financial obligations.
Kent State University will be closed July 4 to observe Independence Day. No classes are scheduled on the holiday, and university offices are closed. The university will resume normal operations on July 7.
Kent State Youth Winds had the unique opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. this spring, giving meaningful performances alongside famous monuments and making lasting connections with renowned musicians.
Once her degree is complete, junior Honors College nursing student Rylie Lapikas likely won't need to wait long to start her career. Ninety-nine percent of Kent State nursing students are employed within six months of graduation.
A Mantua woman who worked at Kent State in the Office of the President from 1951 to 1971 recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She recalls her time at Kent State and shares a few reflections from her long life.