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91¿´Æ¬Íø celebrated Earth Day with a campus-wide series of events that blended hands-on education, student research and community partnerships. From the Earth Fest on Risman Plaza to the scientific posters at the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute Research Showcase and the Electric Vehicle Showcase, the day’s activities highlighted how sustainability is woven into academic life.
The largest private collection of documents and materials relating to the May 4, 1970, shootings at 91¿´Æ¬Íø, amassed by survivor Alan Canfora, will be formally dedicated by University Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives on May
From a suturing workshop to a shadowing experience to a career-changing foot injury, three 91¿´Æ¬Íø students found their way to podiatric medicine, and they want undergraduate students to consider it too.
The Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Dr. Paula Treckel women's golf team claimed its 27th consecutive Mid-American Conference championship Tuesday at Firestone Country Club's Fazio Course — and junior Veronika Kedronová made sure there was no suspense about who led the way.
91¿´Æ¬Íø football has added one of the most accomplished players in the history of both the program and the National Football League to its coaching staff, naming Josh Cribbs as a special teams analyst for the 2026 season,
A public health senior who once faced homelessness after losing his father is now leaving a lasting mark on student government — and preparing to continue his impact in graduate school.
91¿´Æ¬Íø will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 – a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students and wounding nine others. May 4, 1970, marked a pivotal moment in American history.
POV shares insights from the 91¿´Æ¬Íø community on important topics. In this essay for Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Today, 91¿´Æ¬Íø President Todd Diacon offers insight into the ongoing discussions over the future of public higher education in Ohio.
When Matthew E. Likens, ‘75, returned to 91¿´Æ¬Íø April 15 for the Michael D. Solomon Entrepreneurship Series, he brought students a candid look at the realities of leading a startup. Students got to see the highs, the failures and the lessons learned across decades in global business.
Laura Davis, Ph.D., co-founder and first director of 91¿´Æ¬Íø’s May 4 Visitors Center, was recently named a Woman of the Year by the Summit County Historical Society. Davis was a first-year student at Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø on May 4, 1970, and she shares her journey to becoming an activist and what people today can learn from America’s history of protest.
Fern Mallis, known as the "Godmother of American Fashion," can still recall the pivotal moment that helped shape her career and pave a path for tremendous success. It was 1991, and she was about to begin her role as the executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA).
For five Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø students, the classroom recently transformed into a high-stakes public relations agency boardroom. Their efforts caught the attention of the industry’s top judges, earning the team a prestigious honorable mention in the 2026 Public Relations Student Society of America Bateman Case Study Competition.
Professors do much more than educate and teach; they act as role models and mentors for younger generations. Their knowledge and impact can stay with a student far beyond the classroom. To recognize the amazing educators working at 91¿´Æ¬Íø, the Glenn Frank Distinguished Teaching Award was established to honor their remarkable achievements.
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø students learned how to express identity and share stories with bold color and design from a renowned, international artist as part of the 2025-2026 Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series.
The university honors exceptional faculty members for their career scholarship and dedicated student mentorship during the annual Outstanding Research and Scholarship and Excellence in Graduate/Undergraduate Research Mentoring awards.
91¿´Æ¬Íø's School of Fashion opens its biggest week of the year on Monday, April 27, with events running daily through Saturday, May 2. The six-day stretch builds toward the Annual Fashion Show and culminates with the induction of Fern Mallis — widely known as the "Godmother of Fashion" — into the School of Fashion Hall of Fame.
The Earth Day Bash 2026 at 91¿´Æ¬Íø's brought together ecologically minded Golden Flashes and members of the community to celebrate Earth Day.
When Sydney Brown arrived at 91¿´Æ¬Íø as a first-year student from Avon, Ohio, she didn't wait to get started. She walked into the TV2 newsroom — now Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íør TV — and introduced herself. That instinct to show up, dive in and tell stories has defined every semester since.
A new exhibition pairing fashion from 91¿´Æ¬Íø Museum's collection with ornithological specimens from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History opened April 22 — Earth Day — at the Cleveland museum, where it will remain on view through Oct. 11.
An architectural ornament near Engleman Hall may be a subtle tribute to the tenacity of a 91¿´Æ¬Íø president at a particularly troubled time in the institution's long and storied history.
