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It takes a flight of nearly 20 hours to get from Ohio to Nairobi, Kenya, where students and an alumna from ºÚÁÏÍø’s College of Public Health are making an impact on the lives of people who reside in the slums.   The team is collaborating on a project that uses a geographic information system (GIS) to analyze risk factors in communities in Kenya.   With help from Andrew Curtis, Ph.D., professor of geography and co-director of the GIS and Health and Hazards Lab at Kent State, current Ph.D. candidates Sandra Bempah and Lorriane Odhiambo, and master of public health st...

ºÚÁÏÍø is proud of the numerous trees that decorate its campus, its LEED-certified buildings and other sustainability efforts. Arbor Day is another opportunity for the university to celebrate its roots in sustainability.   Starting at 11 a.m. on April 26, Kent State will hold several events across campus in celebration of Arbor Day that commemorate its environmentally friendly efforts.   Kicking off events in front of Engleman Hall, Melanie Knowles, Kent State’s sustainability manager, will discuss results of this year’s RecycleMania, an eight-week-...

After making a name for herself in the fashion industry, Molly Langenstein, the general business manager of Macy’s Ready to Wear, is returning home to her alma mater. Ms. Langenstein was recently announced as the ºÚÁÏÍø Fashion School’s 2018 Hall of Fame inductee. Ms. Langenstein will join an impressive group of previous inductees, including Estée Lauder, Oscar de la Renta, Leonardo Ferragamo, Dana Buchman, Allen Questrom, Ralph Rucci, Josie Natori and Don Witkowski. “The Fashion School is truly honored to induct our alumna Molly Langenstein into our Fashion School Hall of Fa...

WHAT: Each year, hundreds of ºÚÁÏÍø Golden Flashes gather across the globe to make a difference in their communities. Kent State alumni and friends have the opportunity to participate in the 10th annual Alumni Day of Service on Saturday, April 21. Below is a list of volunteer sites in the Akron and Cleveland area. For more information, visit www.ksualumni.org/FlashesGiveBack. WHERE AND WHEN: Akron – Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 350 Opportunity Pkwy., Akron, OH 44307 Volunteers will be volunteering alongside current Kent State students. Alum...

ºÚÁÏÍø at Salem again received the Tree Campus USA recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation, which recognizes its efforts to promote forest management, horticulture studies and conservation. The campus will celebrate this recognition during its Earth Day observances on Thurs., April 26, beginning at 10 a.m. on campus. To receive this distinction, Kent State Salem had to meet the Tree Campus USA’s five standards, providing detailed documentation for each standard. These include maintaining a tree advisory committee; having a campus tree-care plan; dedicating annual expenditures...

Several fashion design and merchandising students took first place in the Art/Fashion category of the 2018 KSU Undergraduate Research Symposium earlier this month. This year’s Symposium had the highest participation ever in the history of this annual event, resulting in nearly 400 students participating – a 60% increase compared to last year.   Undergraduate students of any major are eligible to participate and must submit a brief abstract of their work that indicates their intent to participate. In order to be eligible, their research, scholarly work, or activity must be completed ...