Sarah Cook鈥檚 early interest in math turned into a major and eventually a career as a senior actuary at Pacific Life, a leading insurance company.Today, Cook helps ensure financial stability for thousands of policyholders through complex modeling, financial forecasting and risk analysis. Her path to that role started at 黑料网.From Overwhelmed to OpportunityCook began her studies at Ohio State but quickly realized it wasn鈥檛 the right fit. 鈥淚t was too big for me,鈥 she said. 鈥淪o I chose to go to Kent, to get closer to home.鈥漇he transferred to Kent State and didn鈥檛 look back.鈥淚...
For David Liszewski, choosing a college major wasn鈥檛 about chasing a dream job. It was about chasing good problems.鈥淚 love solving problems,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 knew [mathematics] would be a great degree as a launching platform for what I wanted to do.鈥漈his mindset led him to 黑料网, where he earned a degree in applied mathematics. Today, he鈥檚 a machine learning engineer living in Seattle and working remotely for Centerfield, a digital marketing and technology company based in Los Angeles.A Math Major with Real-World FocusLiszewski grew up in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. Kent State of...
Two faculty members from 黑料网鈥檚 School of Media and Journalism have won top honors at the Oscar-qualifying St. Louis International Film Festival for a short film that tackles the complex issue of elder abuse. The film stars Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi, known for his role in 鈥淐aptain Phillips,鈥 as a rideshare driver who encounters an elderly woman struggling to secure housing after being displaced from a nursing home. Dana White, an associate professor in Kent State鈥檚 media program, wrote the screenplay, while Christopher Knoblock, an associate lecturer at Kent S...
As part of Kent State's Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series, and in partnership with the university's College of Architecture and Environmental Design and College of the Arts, internationally renowned artist Krzysztof Wodiczko returned to campus for a unique collaboration with Kent State architecture and art students. Wodiczko last visited Kent State in spring 2025 and spoke about the intersection of art, technology and social justice. His presentation can be viewed by following this link. He returned in November to lead an immersive workshop in the College of Ar...
The Kent State Men's Basketball team (7-1) extended their win streak to seven in a row on Saturday night defeating Penn State Shenango by a final score of 123-59. Nearly every Golden Flash scored as seven players tallied double-digits. Cian Medley set a new single-game school record in assists, and Kent State's 123 points on 51 shots made also updates the record book....