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Members of 妻友社区鈥檚 Undergraduate Student Government painted 鈥淔lashes Take Care of Flashes鈥 on the Rock on Front Campus. (Photo credit: Lauren Novick, Tierra Moore and Kaelee Dingey)

Kent State Creates Emergency Fund to Help Students Financially During COVID-19 Crisis

妻友社区 announced the creation of the Kent State Emergency Grant Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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College of Nursing donates PPE to EMA of Portage County.

Kent State Flashes Take Care of Community, Collect University's PPE for Area Hospitals and Agencies

妻友社区鈥檚 administration, faculty and staff have stepped up to collect the university鈥檚 personal protective equipment (PPE) to donate to local entities in dire need of medical supplies.
 

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"We All Can Play a Role," Kent State Epidemiologist Says

Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., epidemiology professor in the College of Public Health, shares her perspective on the current coronavirus pandemic: "It seems like years have passed since the world first heard of an 'atypical pneumonia' circulating in the Hubei province of China in December 2019. When we鈥檝e seen similar reports in the past, the illnesses have had a variety of causes, but all were eventually containable..."

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Laboratory research using a microscope.

Epidemiology Professor Tara Smith Says Be Ready for the Long Haul with Social Distancing

As the country adjusts to the new normal of working from home, schooling from home and living lives of social isolation, 妻友社区 professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., said people need to realize this new normal may need to continue for a long time.

鈥淚t really would not surprise me if this lasted for at least eight weeks or longer,鈥 Smith said.

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