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�鶹��ý has been awarded the Campus Leader in Mental Health Literacy Award by Kognito for its outstanding leadership as an institution that has worked tirelessly to support student mental health during the 2018-2019 academic year.  Nationwide, 39% of college students felt so depressed it was difficult to function at least once during the school year, according to the American College Health Association. In response to this and health concerns about the rise in prevalence of stress and anxiety, many colleges and universities are proactively training faculty, staf...

Last month we had a lot to celebrate with the Kent State community through our social media channels, including this year’s Homecoming celebration!  And because September was the first full month the blog has been online, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to share with you a monthly recap of our social activity.  First up, Instagram.  Homecoming was a popular topic on all of the university’s social media accounts, but the top posts for both Facebook and Instagram were unique!  This beautiful shot of a sunset on campus posted by user @abhi_begale had the m...

College of Podiatric Medicine Faculty and Students Awarded Nan Hilt Writers Award The College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM) is no stranger to collaborative research efforts amongst faculty, students and alumni. In fact, this discernible collective atmosphere is often named by students as a leading factor in selecting CPM, as opposed to one of the eight other podiatry schools in the United States. This Spring, CPM faculty members from the Division of Podiatric and General Medicine, Dr. Rachel Johnson and Dr. Abe Osbourne, were selected to receive the Nan Hilt Writers Award for their pub...

“It feels amazing to be acknowledged for what is truly a passion of mine and a profession that I put my whole heart into.” - Dr. Kay Amey �鶹��ý at Ashtabula assistant professor Katherine (Kay) Springer Amey, Ph.D., received quite the surprise in her classroom on Wednesday, Oct. 2, when several of her colleagues poured into the room with balloons, cupcakes and noisemakers.  Also joining them was Melissa Dyer, part of the University Teaching Council, who was there to announce Amey as one of three recipients this year across the Kent State system to receive the Outstanding...

Dear Members of the �鶹��ý Community, I am writing today to provide an update on the field hockey incident that occurred on our campus last month. The Office of Compliance, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Kent State has completed an internal investigation into the Sept. 7 decision to stop the Temple University-University of Maine field hockey match from moving into double overtime. View the report here. First and foremost, we are grateful that the investigation found no Title IX violations or gender-related bias. It was noted that a similar scheduling situation...

Science is complex, and it’s difficult to discuss it with children under the best circumstances; it’s even more difficult when they are hungry.   Two �鶹��ý researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those problems, and the National Science Foundation just awarded them a three-year, $1.3 million grant to determine if their recipe works.   Bradley Morris, Ph.D., associate professor of educational psychology in the College of Education, Health and Human Services, and John Dunlosky, Ph.D., professor of psychological sciences in the College of Art...

�鶹��ý and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of “Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York,” an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York.  The exhibition features two distinct sculptural personifications of liberty: New York City’s Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World and Florence’s Liberty of Poetry. Visitors to the exhibition will participate in a multimedia exp...

Golden Flashes, we all have different reasons why we love Kent State. We wanted to hear about some of the things you love most about Kent State, so we created a fun Instagram story in August. We shared polls on our Instagram story and you chose some of your favorite things about the university. Here are the results!   Favorite Kent State furry friend?   Black Squirrel or Flash​​​       Favorite sporting complex to catch a game?  Dix Stadium or MAC Center                 ​​​​​​​ Favorite also-off-...