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Awards and Honors

MAC Awards Top Honors to Kent State Gymnast

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Kent State gymnast Rachel Stypinski focuses as she performs her floor routine at the 2017 Mid-American Conference Gymnastics Championships. (Photo credit: David Dermer)

Kent State Men’s Basketball Wins 70-65 in MAC Tournament Championship Game

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The Kent State Golden Flashes accept the trophy for winning the 2017 MAC Men's Basketball Championship.

Renée DeLuca Dolan Named Award Recipient for Kent State’s Seventh Annual Spirit of Women in Business Conference

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Kent State’s Lurken, Starkey Receive MAC’s Biggest Postseason Awards

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Larissa Lurken, 2017 Player of the Year, drives past a Buffalo defender during the season finale and a Kent State 80-71 win in the MAC Center.

Kent State’s Lurken, Starkey Receive MAC’s Biggest Postseason Awards

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Larissa Lurken, 2017 Player of the Year, drives past a Buffalo defender during the season finale and a Kent State 80-71 win in the MAC Center.

Kent State Earns Tree Campus USA Designation for Ninth Consecutive Year

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A colorful, fall aerial photo of the campus of Kent State, taken from a university aircraft, helps show why the university has received the Tree Campus USA recognition for a ninth consecutive year.

University is rooted in its commitment to tree care.

Kent State’s Torsten Hegmann Named Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry

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Professor Torsten Hegmann

One of the top publishing societies in the world names a Kent State professor a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Kent State Police Recognized for Excellence, Earns Reaccreditation

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Members of the �� Police Department (second, third and fourth from left) receive its reaccreditation award from officials with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.

Kent State Receives Military Friendly School Designation Eight Years in a Row

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Retired Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Gainer, a �� student who currently serves as president of the Kent State Veterans Club, addresses those attending the university’s 2016 Veterans Day observance.

Kent State Chemistry Professor Awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal in Poland

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Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at ��, was awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements.