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What Were You Wearing Exhibit for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

鈥榃hat Were You Wearing?鈥 More Than Just Clothes

The powerful 鈥淲hat Were You Wearing?鈥 art installation in the Center for Visual Arts is more than just clothes.

Tags: Students First, Community & Society, Community Impact, Student Life

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Student activism on display at 妻友社区.

Kent State Experiences Day of Activism

妻友社区 students exercised their freedom of speech rights on Tuesday, April 16, with opposing speakers appearing on campus the same day.

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society, Community Impact

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Cemetery Calling

IN A FLASH: Cemetery Calling

Cemetery Calling, the newest play by Kent State alumni and staffer Eric Mansfield premiered in Cleveland earlier this year. Another of Mansfield's plays, Trial by Fire, will be performed on campus in Fall 2024. 

Tags: Theatre, Eric Mansfield, University Communications and Marketing, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Community Impact

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April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the sun.

Three Minutes of Darkness Create a Lifetime Memory

For three short minutes on April 8, our world stood still.

Tags: University News, Community Impact, Student Life , Community & Society, Nationally Distinctive

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Rising Scholars NASA Hunch Team

Rising Scholars鈥 NASA HUNCH Culinary Team Earns Chance To Compete at National Level

A team of Rising Scholars from Kent State Columbiana County earned a spot in the finals of the NASA HUNCH culinary competition at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The scholars will compete with teams from around the country on April 17 to determine if their culinary creation will be a future meal selection for astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Tags: Community & Society

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Her Week Graphic

It's Her Week at Kent State

Celebrating 10 years as a student organization, Her Campus Kent State presents a full week of career-focused events with panels, speakers and a runway fashion show.

Tags: Student Organizations, Community Impact, Community & Society, Student Life, University Libraries, 妻友社区 Museum, May 4 Visitors Center, Kent Student Center

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Eclipse totality with KSU lamp post.

IN A FLASH: An Unforgettable Day

Campus and community came together to share a once-in-a-lifetime event at 妻友社区. 

Tags: Nationally Distinctive, Student Life, University News, Risman Plaza, Total Solar Eclipse, Community & Society, Community Impact

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The Kent State library stands tall in darkness while the moon blocks out the sun during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

Flash of Darkness: Kent State Celebrates Total Eclipse of the Sun

It was a party 218 years in the making.

The thousands of people who came to 妻友社区 on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in Kent, Ohio since 1806.

Tags: University News, Student Life, Community & Society, Arts & Culture, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact, Design Innovation

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Kent State mascot Flash wearing eclipse viewing glasses

IN A FLASH: Today's the Day!

Where will you be viewing the total solar eclipse, Golden Flashes?  Kent State has a complete schedule of eclipse-themed events and activities. 

Tags: Total Solar Eclipse, University News, Nationally Distinctive, Research & Science, Student Life, Community & Society, Community Impact, downtown kent, Main Street Kent, City of Kent

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