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The Wick Poetry Center is collaborating on a new global poem, "Dear Body of Water"

Dear Body of Water: Poets Across the Globe Write a Love Letter to the Water That Sustains Us

Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center is collaborating on a new global poem to pay tribute to the liquid that sustains life.

“Dear Body of Water,” Wick’s newest collaboration with the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center, invites writers to speak to the bodies of water that have shaped their lives.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Research & Science, Community & Society, Global Reach, Nationally Distinctive

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A refrigerator open, showing food inside

Letting Your Fridge Shop for Groceries

Graduate student Sara Gallimore and her husband Nick recently won an award for iHungry, a smart fridge and mobile app pairing that works to catalog your food and revolutionize the weekly grocery shopping experience.  

Tags: Community & Society, Students First

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Todd Diacon speaking at the celebration of life for Michael Schwartz

IN A FLASH: Celebrating Michael Schwartz

A Celebration of Life for former Kent State University and Cleveland State University President Michael Schwartz took place on Cleveland State's campus. 

Tags: University News, Community Impact, Community & Society, Office of the President, President

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Taylor Swift fan at the FAB Grammy Watch Party

IN A FLASH: Tuning in for Taylor

Fans of Taylor Swift - and other artists - came together in the Rathskellar to watch the Grammys.

 

Tags: Student Life, Rathskeller, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Community Impact

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Todd Diacon speaking at the celebration of life for Michael Schwartz

Former University President Honored by Kent State and Cleveland State Universities

A celebration of life event was held today on the campus of Cleveland State University to honor the late Michael Schwartz, who was a past university president of Kent State and Cleveland State. 

Tags: Office of the President, President Todd Diacon, Community Impact, Community & Society, University News, Kent State President

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2024 FTC Robotics Challenge qualifier at the College of Aeronautics and Engineering

Robots Take Over the College of Aeronautics and Engineering

Kent State's College of Aeronautics and Engineering hosted a qualifying competition for the First Tech Challenge 2024 Robotics Competition.

Tags: College of Aeronautics and Engineering, robotics, Community Impact, Community & Society, Research & Science

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Fashion show at Ronald McDonald house

High Style: Kent State’s School of Fashion Rules the Runway

​Students, faculty and alumni from Kent State University’s world-renowned School of Fashion sent some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show that benefitted Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio.  

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

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Summer Job and Internship Fair 2024

IN A FLASH: Thinking Ahead to Summer

Kent State students who are thinking ahead for summer attended the Summer Job and Internship Fair on the second floor of the Kent Student Center.

Tags: Student Life, Student Employment, Career Exploration and Development, Students First, Community Impact, Community & Society

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Mwatabu S. Okantah on WKYC's Good Company show

The History of Black History Month

Mwatabu S. Okantah, professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Kent State University, was featured on WKYC Studios’ Good Company discussing the history and importance of Black History Month.

Tags: Nationally Distinctive, Diverse Kent State, Community & Society

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Members of Kent State's Football Team visit the I Promise School in Akron.

Touchdown! Kent State Football Squad Scores with I Promise School Students

Golden Flashes football team members spent a recent afternoon visiting with students at the LeBron James Family Foundation’s I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, where they checked out the school’s facilities and spent time reading to youngsters. 

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society, Sports, Community Impact

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