"Murakaza neza!" means "good welcome" in Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda. All 28 Rwandan students currently studying at Kent State came out to meet the visiting Rwandan Minister of State Education, Claudette Irere. Kent State administrators met with Irere as the university’s partnership with the African nation of Rwanda continues to blossom. Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in a future Kent State Today post. Photos should be framed -horizontally- an...
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Over in the Design Innovation Hub, our EMAT students have been using a new kind of 3D technology to capture live-action dancing from the School of Theatre and Dance.What they have made and will continue making with this technology is some of the first media of its kind. Their cutting-edge projects showcase the next big development in 3D video and imaging, and it's happening here at Kent State, where the future is emerging.The story begins in the spring of 2022, when Aviva Avnisan, a former Emerging Media and Technology faculty member, taught Children’s Lit in Augmented Reality. For their proje...
’s Maureen McFarland, Ph.D., shared with WKYC-TV her perspectives on what we know so far about the tragic mid-air collision on Jan. 29 in Washington, D.C., that has left 67 people dead.McFarland, associate dean of academic affairs at 's College of Aeronautics and Engineering, stated that once the cause of the crash is determined, the college will use that information to educate students in its air traffic control simulator."The last (fatal commercial) accident that we had (in the United States) was the Colgan Air crash, and that resulted in...