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Mock Trial Teams Host 10-Team Intercollegiate Regional Tournament

Jan. 24, 2024

On January 20, Kent State University welcomed over 120 college students from across the region to its “Golden Flash Legal Clash,” a two-day collegiate mock trial invitational held in the Kent Student Center. Proceeds from the event helped to raise funds for future events that…

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We Are Here for the Students: Anthropology Professor Discusses Importance of Mentorship

Jan. 23, 2024

Metin Eren, Ph.D., associate professor of archaeology at Kent State University, was recently interviewed on a CITI “On Campus” podcast hosted by Ed…

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Kent State Researcher Ranked in the Top Percentage of Researchers Cited Worldwide

Jan. 23, 2024

For the eighth consecutive year, Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor emeritus in Kent State’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been ranked in the top 1% of both chemistry and materials…

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Kent State Professor to Lead American Translators Association

Jan. 23, 2024

Geoffrey Koby, Ph.D., professor of Translation Studies and German at Kent State University, has been studying German since he was a freshman in high school.

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Student Video Exhibit Features Chimney Swifts of Kent

Jan. 17, 2024

Since she was a child, Caitlyn Skilton, a recent graduate of the zoology program at Kent State University, has harbored a passion for ecology, with a deep love for birds of all kinds. She chose to extend this love in her undergraduate work at Kent State. On December 1,…

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Ohio Legislature Celebrates Kent State South African Exchange Students

Dec. 13, 2023

A group of Kent State University exchange students from the University of Fort Hare in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa, were welcomed by the Ohio legislature on a recent visit to Columbus. 

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Solving Pre-WWII Mathematics Problems from the Scottish Cafe

Dec. 11, 2023

Did you know that not one, but two of our Department of Mathematical Sciences faculty members have solved intriguing problems in the famous Scottish Book, considered one of the highest achievements in the field of mathematics? In fact, one of them,…

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South African Students Embraced by Their 'Cousins' Upon Arrival at Kent State

Dec. 1, 2023

Sounds of joyful singing could be heard coming from Oscar Ritchie Hall, when a group of nine students and their professor from the University of Fort Hare in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa, were welcomed to Kent State University as part of an exchange program sponsored by the…

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Kent State English Professor Reflects on Authoring New Book

Nov. 20, 2023

Jennifer MacLure's book, The Feeling of Letting Die: Necroeconomics and Victorian Fiction, was released in hardcover and digital on Nov. 2. In this book, MacLure examines the works of authors George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Harriet Martineau, Charles Dickens and William Morris…

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Scholars at Risk Network Helps Professors and Researchers Find Refuge and Continue Their Work

Oct. 25, 2023

With conflict and wars happening all around the world, Kent State University wants to help professors, scientists and researchers who are in danger due to political reasons. “The Scholars at Risk Network is set up to help professors and scholars who are in conflict zones or who…

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