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"Where On the Web?" is a new series that will introduce possibly unfamiliar pages and features on the ������ website that students, faculty and staff should know about. Follow along to learn more about the advantages of using www.kent.edu. First up in the series is the campus safety resource. This feature, created in 2017, is a quick drop-down tab on the university’s homepage that allows students to easily access important information such as police contact information, mental health services, sexual and relationship violence support services, campus security escorts and more...

School of Fashion students are invited to enter the THINK TANK CONTEST // REGENERATION X KSU FASHION SCHOOL Upcycling Competition. The competition is sponsored by School of Fashion alumna Krista Bucaro and requires entrants to create an upcycled garment and provide a step by step tutorial on how to create the upcycled garment along with a TikTok-style video that demonstrates the tutorial. About the Contest The contest is a creative challenge to re-imagine well-loved styles. Brand will provide curated selection of apparel to be upcycled. The students can source their own as well but the c...

The Kent Dance Ensemble, under the artistic direction of Gregory King, welcomes interdisciplinary artist Stefanie Batten Bland to Kent State as a guest artist Feb. 24 – 28, 2022. During her residency, Batten Bland will collaborate with the members of the Kent Dance Ensemble on a work that will appear in the April 2022 Kent Dance Ensemble concert.  Jerome Robbins Awardee Stefanie Batten Bland is an interdisciplinary artist who situates her work at the intersection of dance-theatre, film, and installation, with a focus on the interrogation of contemporary and historical cu...

Stefanie Moore, professor in the School of Media and Journalism, was featured on WFMJ-TV (Youngstown) to discuss the recent backlash Spotify had faced surrounding misinformation.  Moore, who teaches courses including Social Media Strategies and Digital Public Relations, shared her expertise on the issue while explaining the relevance of podcasts in the ongoing conversations surrounding COVID-19 misinformation. "It's really a tricky balance between freedom of expression and misinformation, but we really have to make sure we remember not all information is protected, especially inform...

As part of NBA All-Star 2022, team captains LeBron James and Kevin Durant selected the two Northeast Ohio-based charity beneficiaries their teams will play for during the All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 20.  Team LeBron will play for Kent State’s I Promise Scholars, a program that provides higher education opportunities for underserved students in Northeast Ohio. The competition between the NBA’s top players will lead directly to much needed support to current and future ������ I Promise students.   Captained by four-time NBA Champion and Northeast Ohio...

������ at Tuscarawas will hold Blue Gold Night on Tuesday, March 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. This interactive admissions event utilizes an expo format to enable attendees to choose what information they need regarding admissions and the academic programs at Kent State Tuscarawas. “This expo format allows prospective students to visit all or only some of the information stations that will be part of this information night,” said Admissions Advisor Jennifer Greer. “Attendees can choose which special areas of study that they are interested in and wa...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins. This is the first time a professor at Kent State has been awarded this impressive grant. The R35 or “Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award” (MIRA) provides promising researchers with a five-year funding for a broader research program, rather than funding a specific project. This gives investigators a lot of freedom to develop new research directions as opportunities arise, rather than being bound ...

Dear ������ Student, This is a reminder that you are not fully vaccinated and must take part in regular testing for COVID-19. Who Must Test? You are receiving this reminder for one of these reasons: You have an exemption from the university’s vaccine requirement and must submit to regular testing to comply with your exemption or you have submitted your request for an exemption and are waiting for it to be approved. You are noncompliant with the university’s vaccine requirement and must test until you come into compliance. Even if you are in the process of rece...

Yes. Your health plan will cover you when you are abroad, but you need to take action too. When you receive medical treatment in another country, you may be asked to pay for the service at the time it is rendered. To receive reimbursement for medical treatment (emergency or non-emergency) received outside the United States, you must call AXA Assistance, Medical Mutual's travel assistance coordinator. You can reach AXA Assistance by calling (800) 207-9912, toll free, or (630) 616-4573, collect. In the event of an Emergency Medical Condition where it is not possible to call AXA Assistance pri...