Success Story
Kent State Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies on Aug. 19
Kent State University held its Summer 2017 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Kent State conferred 1,422 degrees, including 908 bachelor鈥檚 degrees, 427 master鈥檚 degrees, 67 doctoral degrees and 20 educationa鈥
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Kent State鈥檚 Danniel Thomas-Dodd Named MAC Nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year
Kent State University track and field鈥檚 Danniel Thomas-Dodd has been named one of the Mid-American Conference鈥檚 two nominees for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year award, the NCAA announced on Aug. 1. Established in 1991 and now in its 27th year, the NCAA Woman of the Year award honors graduati鈥
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Kent State鈥檚 College of Nursing Redesignated a Center of Excellence by National League for Nursing
The National League for Nursing has again designated Kent State University鈥檚 College of Nursing as a Center of Excellence for 2017-2022 in the category of 鈥淎dvance the Science of Nursing Education.鈥 The use of leading-edge educational technology allows the college鈥檚 students to learn and practice th鈥
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The Society for Diversity Honors Kent State for Serving as a National Model for Workplace Inclusion
Kent State University is receiving national recognition for its mission to support a climate that welcomes and supports diversity in all of its forms. The Society for Diversity is presenting the university with the distinctive Innovation + Inclusion Leadership Award. For the past eight yea鈥
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The Better to See You With
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.
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WKSU Named Best Radio News Operation in Ohio
WKSU reporters have won nine awards in the Ohio鈥檚 Best Journalism Contest, sponsored by the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The competition recognized station staff for work created in 2016. Highlights of WKSU honors include Best Radio Ne鈥
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Kent State Receives 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥 Recognition for Eighth Time
University is only college in Ohio named to the prestigious list Kent State University is being recognized for the eighth time as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥 by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities. Now in its 10th year, the 鈥淕reat Colleges to W鈥
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Kent State Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
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.
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Kent State University Airport Designated Airport of the Year
During its annual conference in Columbus, Ohio, the Ohio Aviation Association designated the Kent State University Airport as its Airport of the Year. Each year, the Ohio Aviation Association selects an airport that puts into practice the association鈥檚 mission of promoting aviation by providing a鈥
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Kent Stater Named Best in Ohio
Kent State鈥檚 student newspaper, The Kent Stater, is the best collegiate daily (published three times per week or more) in Ohio, according to the Society of Professional Journalists鈥 (SPJ) Ohio鈥檚 Best Journalism Contest. Alumna Neville Hardman, 鈥16, and journalism major Kelly Powell, 鈥18, also rec鈥
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