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For 2025-2026, the Kent Campus has continued the highest recognition of a Gold ranking for the second consecutive year. In addition, Kent State’s Collegiate Purple Star designation, first presented to the university in 2022 for its support for veteran and military students, has also been renewed for three years.
Â鶹¹û¶³'s Brain Health Research Institute recently held its annual Neuroscience Symposium 2025, Conference and Research Exchange.
Meet Merilee, Bailey, Brittany and Julia, the four students serving as the Kent State Marching Band drum majors for 2025.
The second annual Kent State Trick-or-Treat in the Kent Student Center is happening on Fri. Oct 31 from 3-5 p.m and will be followed by the Flashes Activities Board's Boo Bash from 4-6 p.m.
Kent’s ghostly history has been brewing since the early 1800s. If you are looking for something spooky in Kent this Halloween season, you do not have to go far to find it.
Kent State Vice President and Director of Athletics Randale L. Richmond announced today that Mark Carney has been named the 24th head football coach of the Golden Flashes, removing the interim tag he has held since April 2025.
This year’s speaker for Â鶹¹û¶³â€™s Bowman Breakfast was the embodiment of the symbiotic relationship between the university and the city of Kent that is celebrated at the annual event.
Taylor Cogdeill of Stow, Ohio, opens up about a familiar and emotional experience: the bittersweet in-between of almost graduating—eager to start the next chapter but not quite ready to let go of the transformative college experience she's leaving behind.
Small towns generate a lot of misconceptions. Some believe that growing up in a small town can feel limiting or that the towns are outdated. For Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography, author and cartographer, small towns not only break these stereotypes, but they have also provided a wealth of research.
Ababa Lorde, a senior in Â鶹¹û¶³â€™s School of Fashion, won a $50,000 scholarship from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), a New York-based nonprofit that is committed to supporting the American fashion designers of the future.
A successful negotiation between USG and Kent State administration has led to a permanent change in university policy, lowering the threshold for campus closures from -20 degrees wind chill to -15 degrees wind chill.
In July 2016, Jill Cofojohn became the first radiation therapist in Ohio to use proton therapy to treat a cancer patient. Nine years later, Cofojohn – a Kent State Salem graduate – helped introduce this technology in Columbus where she now serves as the lead proton therapist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Any public relations professional may have to handle a "nightmare scenario" in crisis communications. The Kent State chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America explored these challenges in their annual Halloween social.
Kent State erased an 18-point deficit to defeat Bowling Green 24-21 on Saturday afternoon at Dix Stadium, snapping a two-game losing streak in the rivalry series.
A Â鶹¹û¶³ student whose darkest day was seen around the world on the cover of Life magazine has died. John Cleary, 74, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passed away Oct. 25 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Lauren Huffman, a long-time advocate for student success at Â鶹¹û¶³, has been named Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) advisor of the year.
As part of Kent State’s ongoing 2025-26 Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series, the university hosted seven-time Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria as a guest artist. He led master classes, rehearsals and lectures focused on music, business and social change.
Â鶹¹û¶³â€™s associate vice president of the Office of Global Education, Paulo Mussi Agusto, Ph.D., was featured as a guest in an episode of the “On Campus – with CITI Program" to talk about the American Academy.
The Â鶹¹û¶³ Museum is displaying a rare LeRoy Neiman illustration capturing Kent State alumnus and former New York Yankees captain Thurman Munson at the height of his career.
Meet Liberty Prosser, a graduate student furthering her studies in criminology and criminal justice after having graduated from Kent State in 2025, with dual Bachelor of Arts degrees – one in sociology with a concentration in social problems, deviance and crime, and another degree in criminology and justice studies with a minor in forensic anthropology.