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National Depression Screening Day Is Oct. 3

You are not alone. Depression and anxiety don’t need to be masked.

Kent State Alumnus Joins Cleveland’s FOX 8 Sports Team

Kent State University alumnus Andre Knott’s experience in journalism ranges from sideline reporting for the Cleveland Browns to telecasts for the Cleveland Indians on SportsTime Ohio to covering Cleveland sports on the radio. Now, he joins WJW FOX 8 as a new contributor to the station’s sports team. He will provide reports, features and live coverage of Cleveland sports on all FOX 8 platforms while he continues his Cleveland Indians broadcast work at SportsTime Ohio. 

Kent State Nursing Alumna Reflects on May 4 Tragedy

In the spring of 1970, two-time Kent State University alumna and registered nurse Pat Gless was a junior in Kent State’s inaugural nursing program. While in class on Monday, May 4, a professor rushed into her classroom and warned students who could leave campus to do so. Fifty years later, Gless now reflects on the events surrounding that tragedy and how they have impacted her life and nursing career.

Kent State Debuts New TV Commercial Produced Entirely In-House

An ecology student testing water in a river. A nursing student assisting a patient. A music student performing onstage. These are just three of the 30 Kent State University students featured in the new Kent State TV commercial that was developed and produced entirely in-house by Kent State staff members who are all Kent State graduates. 

Fall 2019 Center for Nursing Research Newsletter Released

Download the Fall 2019 Center for Nursing Research Newsletter to read about the latest publications, presentations, grant awards, and other scholarly recognitions of Kent State Nursing faculty and students.

Flashes Sign Team IMPACT Recruit Mary Alice Tryda

Kent State University field hockey coach Kyle DeSandes-Moyer is pleased to announce the signing of 10-year-old Mary Alice Tryda through Team IMPACT to the Kent State field hockey team.

NSF Award Helps Kent State Anthropologists Expand International Partnership

The (NSF) recently awarded Kent State a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .

"What Does It Mean To Be Human?"

Sonia Sanchez’s visit to Kent State University’s campus o

Kent State Magazine: New Approaches to Peace

In April 2019, Kent State University welcomed Neil Cooper, Ph.D, as the new inaugural director of Kent State's School of Peace and Conflict Studies. The School of Peace and Conflict Studies was originally called the Center for Peaceful Change when it was founded in 1971 as the university's first ‘living memorial’ for the events that occurred on May 4th, 1970.

Kent State Graduate Wins Canada Life Canadian Player of the Year

Kent State Graduate Taylor Pendrith, ‘14, earned the Canada Life Candian Player of the Year honors on the Mackenzie Tour -- PGA TOUR Canada on Sunday, Sept. 15. This is Pendrith’s second time receiving the honor in the past four years.

Author Michael Twitty to Share His Journey to Kosher Soul Food at Kent State

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University Statement Regarding Kent City Police Investigation

Kent State University is aware of a man approaching sorority homes in the city of Kent. Kent City Police are investigating this matter.

Ascendium Grant Will Streamline Transfers and Increase Student Retention, Graduations

The pathway from a two-year college to Kent State University will soon become an easier road to travel for Ohio students, thanks to a grant awarded to Kent State to collaborate with three Ohio community colleges to streamline the transfer process.

Kognito Software Kick-Starts Mental Health Initiatives

What do you do if a student in class or at work starts showing up distracted, less talkative or stops showing up at all? Ignore it? Ask about it? But how do you start that conversation?

Ducro Family Makes $20,000 Gift to Rising Scholars Program

Continuing their longstanding commitment and support to the Ashtabula area and demonstrating the important role access to education plays in moving the community forward, the Ducro family recently made a generous $20,000 gift to the Rising Scholars program fund through the Ashtabula Foundation to Kent State University at Ashtabula. 

Meet the Kent State Class of 2023

More than 20,000 people applied to be part of Kent State’s Class of 2023, and 4,270 can now consider themselves to be Golden Flashes.

Alumnus Featured in Netflix Series, ‘Blown Away’

When Kent State University alumnus Eric Meek is not working in a glass art studio, one may find him on the small screen sharing his expertise in the new Netflix series called “Blown Away.”

Liz Maugans - Alumni Spotlight

Liz Maugans (BFA '89) studied printmaking and painting at Kent State University and during this time, she began her community building skills with other artists. After receiving her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, she began her trajectory as an artist and an advocate in Cleveland, making it the bustling arts community it is today. 

Lactation Rooms

Kent State University faculty, staff, and students who are nursing mothers have the option of using a lactation room on each of the Kent

Kent State Celebrates Homecoming

On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Kent State University fight song blared down Main Street, the city of Kent was flooded with blue and gold, alumni and friends gathered and reminisced about their Kent State days, fans packed the stadium to cheer on their beloved Golden Flashes and the entire campus boomed with Kent State pride.

Lamar R. Hylton Appointed Kent State’s Interim Vice President for Student Affairs

Kent State University has selected Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., to serve as interim vice president for student affairs, effective Sept. 16.

Kent State undergraduates named 2019 Goldwater Scholars for science research

Two Kent State University undergraduate students have been awarded prestigious 2019 Goldwater Scholarships from the Barry Goldwater Schol

2018 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Winners

Kent State’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs honored the following faculty members for their outstanding work in research, sc

NSF Award Helps Kent State Anthropologists Expand International Partnership

A new federal grant will help Kent State University expand an international relationship and provide invaluable opportunities for some gr

Chemistry professor named deputy editor of Science Advances

Photos from May 4, 1970, Resurrected in New Book by Kent State Alumnus

On the morning of May 4, 1970, Kent State University student Howard Ruffner was hanging out in the office of the Daily Kent Stater in Taylor Hall when the phone rang.

The Midwest editor from Life magazine, based in Chicago, was calling to find out if there were any student photographers who had been taking photos over the weekend. Kent State had been the scene of student protests for several days, and more demonstrations were expected that day.  

NSF Supports Inter-institutional Project to Develop Chemical Sensor Technology

Toxic air pollutants such as chlorine and ozone are hazards for civilian workers and public service employees like firefighters, police a

Geography professor elected president of American Association of Geographers

Kent State to Co-Lead New Center of Living Architecture

At the 2018 annual CitiesAlive Conference held in New York City, a consortium of Ohio universities was selected as one of the first four

Young researcher invited to Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting

Delta Air Lines Program Propels Kent State’s Flight Technology Students to Careers as Pilots

Kent State University’s nationally ranked Flight Technology program, in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, is one of only three nationwide that Delta Air Lines selected this year to become a Delta Propel Partner, a program that creates career opportunities for students studying to be future commercial pilots.

Message From Kent State President: We Must Do Better

By now, many of you are aware that on Saturday, Kent State University halted a Division I field hockey match between the University of Ma

Research and Innovation

The "Fog" of Lupus

Boosting antibody Production

Four Kent State University students have been chosen to compete in the German pharmac

Cutting Edge Archaeology