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Community & Society

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. 

Tags: Community & Society

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 Rene虂 Magritte and Piet Mondrian, 妻友社区 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 鈥淏lack does Crack鈥 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.

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society,

Kent State Today

Jermaine Jackson, Jr.

Kent State Alumnus Captures Notable Success

Influenced by artists like Rene虂 Magritte and Piet Mondrian, 妻友社区 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鈥檚 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 鈥淏lack Squirrel鈥 to raise money for 妻友社区 at Trumbull鈥檚 Care Closet. 

Tags: Community & Society, Alumni, 妻友社区 at Trumbull

Kent State Today

2020 Flashes Fighting Hunger Contactless Food Drive

Kent State Holds Second Annual Flashes Fighting Hunger Contactless Food Drive

妻友社区鈥檚 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

Kent Campus

Laura Davis, Ph.D., attends a virtual May 4 workshop.

Educators Reflect on Powerful Experiences During May 4 Summer Workshop

Educators from across the country recently attended the weeklong, virtual 2021 Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop, 鈥淢aking Meaning of May 4: The 1970 Kent State Shootings in U.S. History,鈥 which has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Tags: Community & Society, May 4 50, College of Education, Health and Human Services, National Endowment for the Humanities, May 4

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