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May 4

Kent State Today
Artistically Imagined Depiction of AI

An online presentation on Dec. 14 will explore the benefits and cautions of artificial intelligence in international peacemaking.

Air Force ROTC Cadets planting daffodil bulbs

Planting bulbs on Daffodil Hill has become part of Kent State's annual Veteran's Day Commemoration. 

Air Force ROTC Cadets planting daffodil bulbs

The ºÚÁÏÍø community came together to celebrate its values and honor fallen veterans on Daffodil Hill.

An August storm damaged the May 4 Memorial.

Repairs on the May 4 Memorial are estimated to take five to six months following approval to proceed with the project, according to Joseph Graham, university architect. 

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The Peace Symbol near the May 4 Memorial Site

Do you know the story behind the peace symbol in the grass behind Prentice Hall?

Alison Caplan with Jeffrey Miller displays

While Alison Caplan grew up in nearby Akron, Ohio, and has spent time in Kent, when she joined the university as the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in July, she began to see, and understand, the campus in a whole new light. Caplan is part of a group of Golden Flashes that Kent State Today will be following for the 2023-24 academic year.

Kent State Today is following the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center as part of its "Year with a Flash" series. 

Kent State Today will be following six Golden Flashes for the 2023-24 academic year to chronicle their lives.

Kent State Today will be following a group of Golden Flashes for the 2023-24 academic year chronicling their efforts and successes during the fall and spring semesters. The group includes students, faculty and administrators who are at different places on their ºÚÁÏÍø journeys.

Jeffrey Miller, April 1970

An exhibition at the May 4 Visitors Center will highlight the personalities of each of the four students who were killed on May 4. 

Storm debris by the Sun Sphere sculpture, near Franklin Hall.

Videos show Thursday's storm and the damage it caused to the May 4 Memorial.