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Comfortable, fashionable clothing with built-in technology that can monitor wellness and health or provide protection is moving from science fiction to reality through the development of electronic textiles (e-textiles), combining elements of electronics, textiles and programming.  Soft Circuits and Smart Textiles������ students and faculty from all areas of study, staff and community members are invited to participate in a workshop titled Soft Circuits and Smart Textiles, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 10 in the Design Innovation (DI) Hub on the university’s...

 Faculty, staff and students rolled up their sleeves on Thursday, Oct. 2, for the first-ever Campus Kleanup at ������ at Ashtabula. Volunteers pulled weeds, raked leaves, washed windows and more to help the campus shine.Organized by the dean’s cabinet along with buildings and grounds, the effort focused on sprucing up areas around Susan J. Stocker Hall. Projects included cleaning mulch beds, painting tables and chairs, trimming shrubs, removing brush and refreshing the landscaping near the main entry wall, as well as revitalizing the Mahan Reading Court.“Campus Kleanup is a...

������’s School of Theatre and Dance, Wick Poetry Center and Brain Health Research Institute joined forces for an Oct. 1 dance performance that set poetry to motion.The warmth of the late afternoon sun filled the lobby of the Integrated Sciences Building as student dancers offered their interpretation of the poem, “Pledge,” a tribute to the earth, blending beauty, fragility, gratitude, resilience and celebrating nature and the potential of human creativity.  Michael Lehman, Ph.D., director of the Brain Health Research Institute, said the institute was happy to be part ...

 University Housing is proud to announce a major step forward in its commitment to sustainability. In 2025, Tom Dietrich, Assistant Director of Residential Facilities, secured a $10,000 grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to support the installation of additional bottle filling stations across residence halls.Each station can save up to 15,000 plastic bottles annually—equivalent to more than 300 pounds of waste diverted from landfills—while also promoting student health and wellness. Responding to frequent requests from students for more filling stations, University Housin...

������ will be illuminated by Golden Flash pride on Oct. 11 as the annual Homecoming celebration returns to the heart of Kent, Ohio. The Kent Campus will transform into a sea of blue and gold when alumni, students, families, employees and community members come together for this cherished tradition that began in 1918. All are invited to connect, celebrate and experience Kent State’s vibrant community spirit. This year’s Homecoming theme is Flash’s Birthday Bash, and in honor of this, those who f...