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Student walking by a large, downed tree on Front Campus.

IN A FLASH: When the Bough Breaks

Strong storms caused damage across the Kent Campus on Thursday night. 

Tags: May 4 , Nationally Distinctive , University Facilities Management , University News

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Dean Mistur welcomes students to his college.

IN A FLASH: Welcome Back, Architects!

Kent State's College of Architecture and Environmental Design had an all-college welcome for new and returning students on Wednesday. 

Tags: Nationally Distinctive , Students First , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Lefton Esplanade , Welcome Back Week

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Kent State researchers are kicking off the Student Life Study, an ambitious project that seeks to follow 10,000 students throughout their lifetime to offer help in real time and create a data pool to help inform educational policy.

Studying the Students: New Research Project Hopes to Follow 10,000 Golden Flashes

Kent State researchers are looking for 10,000 students to participate in an ambitious Student Life Study launching this semester. 

Tags: Student Life , University News , Research & Science , Students First , Nationally Distinctive , Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences

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child doing homework

Kent State Professors Develop Machine Learning Tool to Assess Children’s Math Proficiency

Three Kent State Professors have been awarded a $101,929 grant to develop a machine learning tool to evaluate and support children's understanding of fraction arithmetic.

Tags: Research & Science , Nationally Distinctive

Kent State Professors Develop Machine Learning Tool to Assess Children’s Math Proficiency

two parents holding a child's hands

NIH Grant to Fund Research on the Impact of a Parent’s Mental Health on Their Children

With a specific focus on depressed and non-depressed parental groups, the study led by Sara Black, Ph.D., in the Department of Psychological Sciences, seeks to understand how parental depressive symptoms may influence parent-child interaction and the subsequent effects on child development and emotional well-being. 

Tags: Research & Science , Nationally Distinctive

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Kent Campus in Fall

Flaunting Our Foliage

Kent State has been recognized for the 15th consecutive year with the Tree Campus Higher Education recognition (previously called the Tree Campus USA designation).

Tags: University News , Community & Society , Community Impact , Organizational Sustainability , Nationally Distinctive

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Kent State Alumna Jennifer Schuller Named President of Lake Erie College

New Lake Erie College President Is a Kent State Alumna

Kent State alumna Jennifer N. Schuller has been named president of Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. She is the first woman to lead the institution in 75 years.

Tags: Community & Society , Kent State Works , Nationally Distinctive , alumni-news

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Kent State is hosting 39 international graduate students for the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a month-long immersion in American higher education and culture from July 22 to Aug. 19.

Fulbright Program Brings International Students to Kent State

ºÚÁÏÍø is hosting 39 international graduate students for the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture. 

Tags: Global Reach , Student Life , Nationally Distinctive , Global Presence , Students First , Read Center for International and Intercultural Education , College of Education, Health and Human Services

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Engineers from Leica install the new NLO microscope in the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus in June 2023.

Laser-Focused: New Microscope to Benefit Kent State Researchers

ºÚÁÏÍø researchers are beginning to use a new high-tech microscope that will allow them to view the structure of cell tissue on a more intense level. 

Tags: Research & Science , Brain Health Research Institute , Advanced Materials Liquid Crystal Institute , Nationally Distinctive

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