Community & Society

Digital Green Book landing page with description and TEXTURES logo

Kent State University Museum and Wick Poetry Center at Kent State Announce the Release of the Digital Green Book Project

The Kent State University Museum and the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State announce the launch of the “Digital Green Book” created in support of the exhibition “TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair.”

Tags: Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Kent State University Museum, KSU Museum, Wick Poetry Center, Exhibit, College of the Arts

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Students at the Black Lives Matter protest on campus.

Approaching the Complex Questions: New School Offers Multidisciplinary Research and Learning

Kent State has established a new school within its College of Arts and Sciences focused on the social sciences and humanities. The School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities will provide an academic home for innovative approaches to complex questions.

Tags: Student Life, Research & Science, Community & Society, School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, Julie Mazzei, Social Sciences, Humanities

College of Arts & Sciences

Volunteers Dave and Terri Cardy pack and weigh produce to hand out at the Campus Kitchen in Beall Hall.

Kent State Wins First Place For Food Waste Reduction Case Study

Members of Kent State organized a food drive to support its local community in the fight against hunger and collected over 20 tons of food between March and August 2020. Due to these efforts, the university was awarded the best case study for the Food Waste Reduction Efforts category in Campus Race to Zero Waste's 2021 Case Study Competition. 

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Kent State Today

Students sit at a candlelit vigil for the victims of 9/11

Defining Moments: KSU Students Etched Their Feelings Immediately After 9/11

Twenty years ago people across campus, and around the world, were stunned as they watched two planes fly into the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001.

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society

Kent State Today

Jermaine Jackson, Jr.

Kent State Alumnus Captures Notable Success

Influenced by artists like René Magritte and Piet Mondrian, Kent State University alumnus Jermaine Jackson Jr. believes the best way to get the point across in a photo is by keeping it simple.

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society, alumni-news, alumni-success

Alumni

Angela Neal-Barnett

Psychology Professor Explains the Black Female Experience

Featured in the article “Black does Crack” from the San Diego Monitor-News, psychology professor Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., shares perspectives and knowledge of the impact of the black female experience on mental health and how it should be considered in the world of therapy.

Tags: Community & Society, Health

Kent State Today

Kent State Homecoming

Announcing the 2021 Homecoming Grand Marshals

Join us the evening of Friday, Oct. 1, at the first Homecoming Kickoff event at the Lefton Esplanade. This marks the official start of Homecoming Weekend with music, food, entertainment, fireworks and T-shirt giveaways.

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Kent State Today

Jermaine Jackson, Jr.

Kent State Alumnus Captures Notable Success

Influenced by artists like René Magritte and Piet Mondrian, Kent State University alumnus Jermaine Jackson Jr. believes the best way to get the point across in a photo is by keeping it simple.

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society

Kent State Today

Cockeye Creamery's Black Squirrel ice cream

Cockeye Creamery Raises Money for Kent State Trumbull’s Campus Care Closet

From now through Sunday, Sept. 19, Cockeye Creamery, located at 1805 1/2 Parkman Road NW in Warren, will be serving its Kent State-inspired ice cream “Black Squirrel” to raise money for Kent State University at Trumbull’s Care Closet. 

Tags: Community & Society, Alumni, Kent State University at Trumbull

Kent State Today

2020 Flashes Fighting Hunger Contactless Food Drive

Kent State Holds Second Annual Flashes Fighting Hunger Contactless Food Drive

Kent State University’s Flashes Fighting Hunger Contactless Food Drive will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 1-4 p.m. at the intersection of Lincoln Street and Hilltop Drive. The collection station will be located on Hilltop Drive in front of Cartwright Hall.

Tags: Community & Society, Community Engaged Learning, Campus Kitchen, Events, COVID-19 HUB

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