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Janice Lessman-Moss (left), professor of textile arts at , works with a student on a weaving loom in the Center for the Visual Arts.

Kent State Receives “Great College to Work For” Recognition for Eighth Time

University is only college in Ohio named to the prestigious list
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Kent State professor Hanbin Mao (middle) co-authored a paper with graduate students Sagun Jonchhe (left) and Prakash Shrestha (right) on the genetic factors influencing the formation of cancer cells.

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…
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Staff and students pose with an airplane at the Airport. The Airport has been named Airport of the Year by the Ohio Aviation Association.

Airport Designated Airport of the Year

During its annual conference in Columbus, Ohio, the Ohio Aviation Association designated the Airport as its Airport of the Year.
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Jimmy Miller, a 2017 Kent State graduate who served as editor of The Kent Stater, takes notes while talking to a fellow student in the student media newsroom in Franklin Hall.

Kent Stater Named Best in Ohio

Kent State’s 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’ (SPJ) Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest. Alumna Neville Hardman, ’16, and journalism major Kelly…
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researchers study the link between Pokémon GO and increased exercise.

Kent State Researchers Study Link Between Viral Mobile App and a Healthier Lifestyle

Pokémon GO’s worldwide release one year ago sent crowds hiking through parks, meandering into streets and walking for miles in search of Pokémon, those cute little digital characters that appear in real locations on your smartphone.
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College of Business Administration

Kent State Students to Manage a Portion of University Assets

students will soon have a unique opportunity to gain professional money management experience. Starting in the fall, the Foundation will effectively start “hiring” the students to manage current investable assets. The Student Managed…
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College of Nursing seniors, Alyssa Lodi (back, right) and Anna Hunker (front, right), lead a group of middle school students through simple yoga stretches to promote relaxation and mindfulness during the health and wellness fair.

Nursing Students Empower Middle Schoolers to Take Charge of their Health

Alliance Middle School students are more likely to make healthy lifestyle choices after attending a health and wellness fair presented by a group of senior nursing students from College of Nursing. The adolescents rotated through four exhibits which focused…
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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at , reads a poem during the River of Words poetry reading in the center’s Poetry Park.

Wick Poetry Center to Benefit From Ford Foundation's $200,000 Grant to the Poetry Coalition

The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the…
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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at , reads a poem during the River of Words poetry reading in the center’s Poetry Park.

The Ford Foundation to Support the Poetry Coalition With $200,000 Grant

Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center to benefit from grant
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Kent State Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger examines new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated

Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and in Ohio have developed a new material that can undulate and therefore propel itself forward under the influence of light. To achieve this, the scientists clamp a strip of this polymer…
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