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Image of DNA strands by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Hanbin Mao and Yaorong Zheng, both professors of chemistry and biochemistry, are conducting research on the mechanical modulation of cell migrations using DNA nanoassemblies to stop cancer migration.

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Pitcher Plants inside the Herrick Conservatory

Some plants on campus are hungry for more than just water and sunlight. 

Head Coach Rob Senderoff shares a hug with Sincere Carry during the team's MAC Championship victory over Toledo

It’s been nearly three decades since Rob Senderoff walked around downtown Albany, New York, with the same eyes as the young men he now coaches.  

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Fans cheering on the basketball team at send-off

The ºÚÁÏÍø community gathered Wednesday at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center to send off the Golden Flashes to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. Go Flashes!

Kent State guard Malique Jacobs smacks hands with his teammates during the 2023 MAC Tournament championship game versus Toledo.

Looking for information about ºÚÁÏÍø’s men’s basketball team and the 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament? The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has launched a 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament page to assist Golden Flashes fans.

Students work in the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

The average person spends about on their smartphone a day. In that time spent scrolling, do you ever stop to wonder what materials your phone screen is made of or why it works?

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Heads Up! Hats exhibition at the Kent State Museum

"Heads Up! Hats" is one of three exhibits that make up the "" exhibition at the ºÚÁÏÍø Museum. The other exhibits in the trilogy are "It's a Wrap! Coats" and "Stepping Out! Shoes." 

Brains on Tap will feature a discussion on the benefits of cycling exercise on Parkinson's disease.

Grab a cold one, pull up a chair and learn about brain health research in a relaxed format – that’s the idea behind Brains on Tap, a series of discussions hosted by Kent State’s Brain Health Research Institute and other partners.

Assembling the Holomasonry exhibit inside the DI HUB

A project on campus uses new technology to innovate brickwork.

Emilia Sykes and Betty Sutton

In 2006, Betty Sutton became the first Kent State alumna to serve in the U.S. Congress, when she was elected to represent Ohio’s 13th District in the House of Representatives. Sixteen years later, Kent State alumna Emilia Sykes, a native of Akron, Ohio, was elected to represent the same district, making her the first Black Kent State alum to serve in the House of Representatives.