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Graduate assistant, Olivia Grahman, hands out carnation flowers to women attending the International Women's Day event inside the Center for Undergraduate Excellence on Mar. 8, 2022.

Women share international disparities on International Women’s Day

Katherine Masko, Reporter March 9, 2022

Five women on the International Women’s Day panel compared gender inequality, women’s rights and educational access in the country they represented Tuesday. When asked if there is sex education...

Kent State University launches new scholarship match portal  

Alexandra Golden, Assigning Editor March 7, 2022

Kent State University launched ScholarshipUniverse, a search portal with more than 240 Kent State scholarships and 6,000 external scholarships, according to a Monday Flashline announcement.  Students...

Opinion: Healing a Divided America

Jamie Brian, Opinion Writer March 6, 2022

Throughout the pandemic, I have watched as longtime friendships fractured over political differences. A family friend I had known for over a decade blocked my mother’s number over opposite views on masking....

$2.6 million grant funds expansion of addiction resources in Summit county

Madison Goerl, Reporter March 5, 2022

College of Public Health professor Deric Kenne received $2.6 million to expand medication-assisted treatment in Summit County, in collaboration with CHC Addiction Services. CHC treats 1,200 clients struggling...

Kent Historical Society Museum reopens and prepares new exhibit

March 4, 2022

The Kent Historical Society reopened March 4. They have been cleaning and organizing since mid-December and are now ready for the public eye. They are also preparing a new exhibit based around medicine...

Kent State panel discusses Russia-Ukraine conflict

March 3, 2022

The College of Arts and Sciences held a panel about the Russia-Ukraine conflict. With over 100 people attending, TV2's Josh Bailey discusses what was said at the panel and if future events are being held.

University relaxes mask mandate, with masks still required in classrooms and select campus locations

Alexandra Golden and Zaria Johnson March 3, 2022

Effective immediately, masks are still required on Kent State’s campuses during scheduled classes, labs and studios. Masks will also be required at DeWeese Health Center, on PARTA buses and in the...

Jermaine Gordon

Jermaine Gordon

Courtesy of Jermaine Gordon March 3, 2022

Jermaine Gordon is sophomore biology major who participated in SURE, the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience program.

Kharkiv Debris

Kharkiv Debris

Andrew Marienko March 2, 2022

Firefighters extinguish a building of Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) after a rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Russia's assault on Kharkiv, Ukraine's...

produce

produce

Taylor Haydu March 2, 2022

Some of the produce options available at weekly Flashes Fighting Hunger food drives.

UN Climate Report Africa

UN Climate Report Africa

Brian Inganga March 2, 2022

FILE - Herder Yusuf Abdullahi walks past the carcasses of his forty goats that died of hunger during a drought in Dertu, Wajir County, Kenya on Oct. 24, 2021. Africa has contributed relatively little to...

FILE - Herder Yusuf Abdullahi walks past the carcasses of his forty goats that died of hunger during a drought in Dertu, Wajir County, Kenya on Oct. 24, 2021. Africa has contributed relatively little to the planet's greenhouse gas emissions but has suffered some of the heaviest impacts of climate change and the reverberations of human-caused global warming will only get worse, according to a new United Nations report released Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse

Wanjohi Kabukuru Associated Press March 2, 2022

Although Africa has contributed relatively little to the planet's greenhouse gas emissions, the continent has suffered some of the world's heaviest impacts of climate change, from famine to flooding. Yet...