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Kent State COVID-19 cases increased after the spring semester began. The university updates the Coronavirus Dashboard weekly.

Spring semester begins with fewer on-campus COVID-19 cases than fall

Alexandra Golden Assigning Editor January 27, 2022

Kent State reported 161 positive COVID-19 cases on campus for the week of Jan. 16, 2022.  As students return for the spring semester, the number of cases are slightly lower than the end of the fall semester,...

Kent State's DI Hub where "Art Without Limits" is being held.

Kent State hosts Emmy winner and art entrepreneurs in free event

Benjamin Weaver, Reporter January 27, 2022

The College of the Arts will feature Emmy Award winning composer Silas Hite and other art entrepreneurs at the Art Without Limits panel discussion Feb. 4. A free event will cover Art Entrepreneurship...

Charmaine Crawford, associate professor of Africana Studies at Kent State, speaks at the "Speaker on the Path: The Words and the Works of bell hooks" event at the Williamson House on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022.

Women’s Center hosts event celebrating the legacy of bell hooks

Sophie Young Reporter January 26, 2022

Stepping up to the microphone, Cassie Pegg-Kirby welcomed a group of in-person and virtual guests to the latest of Kent State’s events in the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration series – “Seeker on...

Kent State Safety COVID Coalition moved its protest virtually Jan. 18 after Winter Storm Izzy hit. The student-led coalition calls on the university for better COVID protocol with "Students Safe Six."

COVID-Coalition leads virtual “die-in” protest for stricter COVID-19 guidelines

Alton Northup, Reporter January 23, 2022

More than a dozen Kent State University students and faculty members attended a virtual protest Tuesday evening pushing for stricter COVID-19 guidelines known as the “Students Safe Six,” which was...

Groups could previously schedule campus tours anytime, but admissions changed the parameters to limit the tours for certain days when more guides work. The university schedules about 46 monthly tours for individuals and groups, including high school seniors and prospective students and families.

Tour guides threat to strike for higher pay and better treatment results in resolution with university admissions

Kelly Krabill, Managing Editor January 23, 2022

What started out as a list of concerns turned into demands from student tour guides ready to strike. A call to change communication issues, inequitable student wages and what escalated the situation -...

Kent health department issues new COVID-19 health notice

Alton Northup, Reporter January 5, 2022

As the omicron variant continues to cause a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Kent City Health Department has issued a public health notice amid what it describes as “an overwhelming number of new COVID...

Cephas TD

BOB CHRISTY December 21, 2021

Kent State wide receiver Dante Cephas runs toward the end zone for a touchdown after catching a Dustin Crum pass in the first quarter of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl game in Boise, Idaho on Dec. 21, 2021....

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