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One of the winning teams at a prior SKYHACK event

'SKYHACK is for Anyone and Everyone'

An aviation-themed hackathon brings together students from all disciplines and challenges them to develop solutions for real-world aerospace challenges. 

Tags: DI Hub, Design Innovation, College of Aeronautics and Engineering, Community Impact, Nationally Distinctive, Research & Science, Students First

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Rain on fall leaves, by Vance Voyles

IN A FLASH: The Small Things of Fall

A photo submitted by a Kent State Today reader captures the small-scale beauty found on campus in fall. 

Tags: Kent State Police Services, University News, Fall Semester, Nationally Distinctive, Student Life

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Pres. Diacon addressing the Reimagining the Academy Conference

Reimagining the Academy Conference Brings Together 3 Top Universities

A transformational conference on Kent State's Kent Campus brought together three of Ohio's top universities.

Tags: University News, Community & Society, Community Impact, Diverse Kent State, Nationally Distinctive,

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Michelle Gullion

What America鈥檚 First Ladies Can Teach Us 妻友社区 Our Own Humanity

In her time with the National First Ladies Library and Museum, Michelle Gullion has become known as the international 鈥減oint person鈥 for information on presidential wives. Yet, in the nearly two decades that she鈥檚 been in her current role, Gullion said women鈥檚 history has really been regarded as an emerging field with plenty of research yet to be done.

Tags: Nationally Distinctive, Arts and Culture

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妻友社区 employees and Flash, the university mascot, take part in a spinning class. For the third year in a row, the American Heart Association has recognized Kent State for its workplace wellness program.

Biking Your Way to Better Brain Health and Happiness

Brain health researchers, including J. David Glass, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at 妻友社区, have been conducting studies that show the connection between cycling and increased happiness and brainpower.

Tags: Research & Science, Health, Nationally Distinctive

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Finished Shoe

The Sole of Craft

Andrea Sosa Fontaine鈥檚 artistic medium of choice is shoes. An assistant professor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Sosa Fontaine says an appreciation for the memories that small-scale objects hold combined with the shoe鈥檚 natural way of expressing a person鈥檚 identity are the main elements that drew her to this art form and craft.  

Tags: Arts & Culture, Profile, Nationally Distinctive

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Black squirrel eating an acorn at the edge of a path

IN A FLASH: When a Black Squirrel Crosses Your Path on Friday the 13th

On Friday the 13th, we've heard about black cats, but what about black squirrels?  Are they unlucky or lucky?

Tags: Black Squirrel, Student Life, Nationally Distinctive, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Fall Semester

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Alumnus Kyle Craven at his home in Bath, Ohio giving Flashes the "thumbs up" sign

Friday the 13th: Good Luck from 'Bad Luck Brian'

A Kent State alumnus, famous for his "unlucky" internet meme character has a special Friday the 13th message for his fellow Flashes. 

Tags: Alumni, Nationally Distinctive, Community & Society, Arts & Culture, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Student Life

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Students in 1985 creating the egg that Flash, the university's new mascot, would hatch of out at Homecoming.

IN A FLASH: Which Came First - Flash or the Egg?

On Flash the Mascot's 38th birthday, we ask the question: Which came first, Flash or the egg?

Tags: Student Life, Nationally Distinctive, Kent State Athletics, University News, Community & Society

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Digital Projects Librarian Virginia Dressler shows the collection of sketchbooks and scrapbooks of Pauline Trigere, which are being digitized by University Libraries.

Scanning the Past: Library to Digitize Fashion Sketchbooks of Acclaimed Designer

New York couturi猫re designer Pauline Trig猫re, whose career spanned more than five decades, left behind a legacy of fashion innovation meticulously preserved in volumes of sketchbooks and press clippings. Those volumes have had a home at 妻友社区 Libraries since 1993 and soon will be accessible to everyone. 

Tags: University News, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact, University Libraries, 妻友社区 Fashion School, School of Fashion

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