College of Arts and Sciences
Exploring the Crossroads of Science and Storytelling
Kent State senior Isabella Emerick has never been content with choosing just one path. As an English major with a concentration in professional writing and a minor in paleontology, she has found a way to unite two fields that may seem worlds apart. This past summer, she explored the surprising inter…
College of Arts & Sciences
Turning Numbers into Opportunities Through Actuarial Mathematics
For Ashley Motley, what began as a childhood love of solving math problems — the “weird kid who enjoyed doing math homework,” as she puts it — has grown into a career at Medical Mutual, a Cleveland-based health insurance company, thanks to scholarships, supportive faculty, and hands-on preparation at .
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Kent State Scientists Help Measure Primordial Matter at Trillions of Degrees
UPTON, N.Y. — October 14, 2025 — An international team of researchers has directly measured the temperature of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) — the superhot primordial matter that filled the universe just millionths of a second after the Big Bang. Among the leaders of this breakthrough is Kent S…
Physics
International Student Champions Education, Service and Culture at Kent State
When Arslan Kalandarov arrived at from Turkmenistan, he carried with him more than just luggage. As the first in his family to attend college, he brought a deep sense of responsibility, determination and pride in his cultural heritage.“I was incredibly happy when I got my first…
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From Kent State to Ground Zero
When the Sept. 11 attacks shook the nation, Kent State alumnus D. Mark Jones (M.S. '00), found himself called into an unfamiliar and deeply challenging role. At the time, Jones was working for Metcalf & Eddy (now AECOM), an environmental consulting company contracted by Federal Emergency Managem…
College of Arts & Sciences
Making Waves in the World of Nuclear Physics
Brookhaven National Lab in New York is home to some of the most exciting work in nuclear physics today. Two rising stars from , doctoral student Maci Kesler and research scientist Sooraj Radhakrishnan, are on the cutting edge of high-profile scientific research collaborations th…
College of Arts & Sciences
US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GRANTS PRESTIGIOUS RESEARCH AWARD TO PHYSICS PHD STUDENT
US Department of Energy grants graduate student research award (SCGSR) to Physics PhD student Maci Kesler at
Physics
Exploring the World, One Rock at a Time
When Emily Rider walked into her first in-person class after the COVID-19 shutdown — “How the Earth Works” on the at Stark campus — she didn’t know it would set her on a path that would take her across the country, deep into fossil beds and high into the mountains. That fi…
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From Ohio to Italy: Student’s Journey Through Science and Discovery at Kent State
For Giovanni Tripi, choosing was the first step on a path that would take him from Northeast Ohio to the heart of Italy—and deep into the worlds of biology, anthropology and hands-on scientific discovery. A biology major on the pre-medicine track from Lyndhurst, Ohio, Trip…
College of Arts & Sciences
IN A FLASH: Chasing Darwin
This summer, a group of Kent State students enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime education-abroad experience in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.
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