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The founder of the Aegis Trust delivered the keynote address at the Kent State-sponsored global peace conference in Rwanda.
Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference dedicated to promoting peace through education, opened Tuesday, July 11, in Kigali, Rwanda, with delegates from throughout the United States and 14 countries participating.
A peace education conference is bringing together peace and conflict experts, students and educators from Kent State, Northeast Ohio and around the world.
On July 10, Kent State students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the Kent State Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.
Kent State Today invited Deborah Spake, Ph.D., dean of Kent State's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, to weigh in on the impact artificial intelligence (AI) versus human writing is having on the business world our graduates are now entering.
Kent State University graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading Kent State’s outreach efforts there.
As the first Black woman to graduate from Kent State University’s flight program in 1991, Capt. Stephanie Johnson knows what it takes to aim high for a dream and reach it. Now, she wants other young students from diverse backgrounds to be able to envision and achieve their biggest dreams as well.
Renato “Ren” Camacho of North Canton, Ohio, has been appointed to the Kent State University Board of Trustees by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Camacho, who currently serves as president and CEO of the Akron-Canton Airport, brings expertise in both economic development and aviation to the Kent State Board.
After a national search, Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of Kent State University’s May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at Kent State on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s.
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires created hazy scenes like this on campus last week.
A group of Kent State University students departed Saturday, July 1, for Kigali, Rwanda, where they will take part in the three-week Kigali Summer Institute.
Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, said he was interested in attending the conference to learn skills to deal with his school district’s changing landscape.
On Thursday, June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, struck down the long-standing policy of affirmative action in college admissions on the grounds it violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Kent State University Professor Christopher Banks, Ph.D., J.D., said the high court already had tipped its hand that the court was “positioned to jettison” the policy, so the ruling was not surprising.
For the second year in a row, students from Kent State University and Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City have taken part in an international exchange to continue their research on food production, cultural preservation and economic inclusion.
The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved resolutions that advance programs for students studying aeronautics during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held June 28 on the Kent Campus.
Kent State's flight team takes first-place honors for the second consecutive year in an air race for women pilots.
The Kent Blossom Art Intensives welcome students and artists to campus to create art and learn from artists from around the world.
Every summer, Kent State hosts an immersive experience in fashion for high school students.
Kent State University is building on the legacy of May 4, 1970, and the mission of its School of Peace and Conflict Studies, when it joins forces with the University of Rwanda in July to help advance peace education across the globe.
Victoria Lorenzon and Holly Csaszar are proud to count themselves among an increasing number of women flight instructors at Kent State University Airport.