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������ is pleased and proud to announce the return of “We the People,” a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity. The exhibition will return to the Kent Campus, on the Lefton Esplanade, from Sept. 6-30, overlapping with the Kent Creativity Festival, and will include featured events like speakers, films and discussion sessions. “We the People” is a series of 25 large portraits of Northeast Ohio residents, mostly from Akron, who are also refugees from various countries. With images by photographer Erin LaBelle, the project is sponsored by ...

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) adds an additional layer of protection to your account. An authentication protected by MFA will usually start the same way as any other login – by requiring a username and password. After your password is verified, MFA will require a second form of verification to ensure that the correct person is accessing an account – hence the “multi” in MFA. Accounts protected with MFA will require at least two of these three mechanisms to verify an identity: Something you know – usually a password or a PIN Something you have – usually a cell phone, a card, or a...

The College of Public Health (CoPH) at ������ (KSU) has received a 5-year, $1.5 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to develop and implement a real time drug use detection system to inform drug prevention efforts in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties. Dr. Deric Kenne, Associate Director of the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use in the Center for Public Policy and Health, and his team will collaborate with Dr. Ruoming Jin and his team in the Department of Computer Science, to develop the innovative drug use detection s...

The College of Public Health (CoPH) at ������ (KSU) has received a 5-year, $1.5 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to develop and implement a real time drug use detection system to inform drug prevention efforts in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties. Dr. Deric Kenne, Associate Director of the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use in the Center for Public Policy and Health, and his team will collaborate with Dr. Ruoming Jin and his team in the Department of Computer Science, to develop the innovative drug use detection s...

Congratulations to the following non-tenure track faculty members receiving promotion. Faculty Name Campus Promote To College Department Name Abuzeid, Ayham Kent Associate Lecturer College of Arts and Sciences English Bacha, Mary B. Kent Associate Lecturer College of Nursing Nursing Barcus, Laurie D. ...

Congratulations to the following tenured faculty members who are receiving promotion: Faculty Name Promote to Campus College Department Name Baran, Lindsay Associate Professor Kent College of Business Administration Finance Beam, Michael A. Associate Professor Kent College of Communication and Information Communication Studies ...

Congratulations to the following faculty members who are receiving tenure: Faculty Name Campus College Department Name Abdul-Aziz, Ali Kent College of Aeronautics and Engineering College of Aeronautics and Engineering Baran, Lindsay Kent College of Business Administration Finance Beam, Michael A. Kent College of Communication...

The “Nine Lives” Project Performed at Akron Festival Created by KSU Jazz Studies Instructor Chris Coles, in collaboration with Gregory King, assistant professor at the School of Theatre and Dance, the “Nine Lives” project is a 40-minute interdisciplinary multi-movement music and dance project inspired by the Charleston, S.C. church massacre. The artistic work was developed to heighten awareness of ongoing racial injustice in America, the project debuted last week at the Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival with a performance at the Akron Public Library Auditorium, followed by a pane...