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Around Town

Matt Merchant
September 22, 2015
The Kent State Robotics Team works on its robot for Kent Hack Enough, a two-day long event hosted by HacKSU on the fourth floor in the University Library on Oct. 24, 2014.

HacKSU teaches students to code outside the classroom

Matt Merchant
August 28, 2015

May 4 Task Force helps students gain historic perspective on current events

Matt Merchant
August 28, 2015
Police officers from Kent State, Kent City, and Brimfield were stationed in and around Downtown Kent for the annual Halloween festivities Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. Some officers were on duty until as early as 7 a.m. to make sure rowdy partygoers did not get out of hand.

Safety tips and tricks for Kent State students

Matt Merchant
August 27, 2015

University issues restraining order against Kent State labor union

Matt Merchant
April 28, 2015
12-hour Shakespeare Festival

Theater group hosts 12-hour Shakespeare Fest

Audrey Fletcher
April 20, 2015

Rock the Runway brings pop music fashion to life

Audrey Fletcher
March 7, 2015
Photo courtesy of Kim Uhlik

KSU alum captures quirky, amazing world beneath our feet in photographs

Audrey Fletcher
February 25, 2015
Arno River in Florence, Italy

College of Arts and Sciences gets new profile at Florence campus

Audrey Fletcher
January 21, 2015
The new dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Kent state, James Blank, plans to tell the story of humanities through programs and conferences.

More Than a Blank Slate: New dean continues initiatives for humanities, student success

Audrey Fletcher
January 11, 2015
'Insidious'

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Insidious’

Matt Merchant
October 21, 2014
Photo taken from Kent.edu

Vinson family asks for privacy; details about infected nurse’s day revealed

Audrey Fletcher
October 16, 2014

KSU releases more details about three employees self-monitoring for Ebola

Audrey Fletcher
October 16, 2014
'The Untouchables'

Matt’s Pick: ‘The Untouchables’

Matt Merchant
October 7, 2014

Ebola confirmed in the US

Matt Merchant
September 30, 2014
Rubber

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Rubber’

Matt Merchant
September 30, 2014
Dreamworks Productions

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘The Last Castle’

Matt Merchant
September 23, 2014
ISIS Tweet

ISIS tweets at Kent State ethics workshop

Matt Merchant
September 18, 2014
FilmDistrict

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’

Matt Merchant
September 16, 2014
Red Om Films

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Jesus Henry Christ’

Matt Merchant
September 9, 2014
'Bio-Dome'

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Bio-Dome’

Matt Merchant
September 2, 2014
'The Exam'

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘The Exam’

Matt Merchant
August 26, 2014

Letter from the editor: New semester, new Stater

Audrey Fletcher
August 24, 2014
MaKayla Brown

Getting to know Kent State

Matt Merchant
August 19, 2014

KSU professor’s letter sparks outrage

Matt Merchant
August 8, 2014
Photo by Matt Merchant

University Police respond to alleged campus assault

Matt Merchant
August 6, 2014
Kent State graduate architecture student Parva Majidi presents her design, titled "Creek Revitalization," to a resident of Garrettsville, Ohio at an open meeting held Friday, July 25 in the village city hall.

Architecture revitalization designs presented to local city

Matt Merchant
July 28, 2014
Members of the Ohio Student Association stand in Risman Plaza to protest the tuition increase. 

Student demonstrators advocate for tuition freeze

Matt Merchant
May 28, 2014

News on the go: April 25, 2014

Matt Merchant
April 24, 2014

News on the go: April 11, 2014

Matt Merchant
April 10, 2014
Ceramics grad student Ryan Osborne (right) talks with his mother and father, Maureen and William, at the Masters of Fine Arts Show on Thursday evening April 3, 2014.

Graduate ceramics student crafts sculptures for MFA group show

Audrey Fletcher
April 4, 2014

News on the go: April 1, 2014

Audrey Fletcher
March 31, 2014

News on the go: March 14, 2014

Matt Merchant
March 13, 2014

News on the go: Feb. 14, 2014

Matt Merchant
February 13, 2014

Business plan to guide county economic development

Audrey Fletcher
January 13, 2014

Kent man pleads insanity, awaits trial in deadly turnpike crash

Matt Merchant
January 12, 2014
Tim Wise essayist and antiracist speaker speaks to students about racism in the Kiva on Thursday, Dec 05, 2013.

Anti-racist educator discusses racism at Kent State

Matt Merchant
December 6, 2013
Tim Wise essayist and antiracist speaker speaks to students about racism in the Kiva on Thursday, Dec 05, 2013. Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt.

Anti-racist educator discusses racism at Kent State

Matt Merchant
December 6, 2013

Mapping project to provide marketing tool for county

Audrey Fletcher
November 17, 2013
Alberta Caetta, Bill Nome, Dennis Missimi, Joel Mowrey, Gene Mills gather around to view the updated results on Issue 3 at the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Photo by Rachael Le Goubin

Mental health levy passes, will provide significant funding for local services

Audrey Fletcher
November 6, 2013

Portage County to demolish houses through grant

Audrey Fletcher
November 5, 2013

‘Half The Sky’ documentary to be shown Tuesday

Matt Merchant
November 2, 2013
 

Pharmaceutical drop box collects 60 pounds of pills in first year

Audrey Fletcher
October 24, 2013

African scholar to visit KSU to discuss overcoming conflict with poetry, friendship

Matt Merchant
October 21, 2013

Kent police receive call about man shot, investigation ongoing

Audrey Fletcher
October 14, 2013
Daisy Hernandez speaks about her experiences of being a latina feminist on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 in the KIVA. The event was sponsered by the Spanish and Latina Association and Wick Poetry Center. Photo by Leah Klafczynski.

Author and minority rights activist calls for increased awareness of feminism on campus

Matt Merchant
October 2, 2013

2013 USG candidates announced

Audrey Fletcher
February 12, 2013

Faculty Senate discuss Complete College Ohio Act, student accessibility

Audrey Fletcher
December 10, 2012

State to cut KSU’s remediation funding

Audrey Fletcher
December 7, 2012

KSU professors developing ‘study buddy’

Audrey Fletcher
December 5, 2012
Timothy Moerland

Moerland to head academics at IUP

Audrey Fletcher
December 5, 2012

KSU professors developing ‘study buddy’ using research on students

Audrey Fletcher
December 5, 2012

‘MOOC’ trend draws attention of some KSU profs

Audrey Fletcher
December 4, 2012

Long distance learning gets longer and larger

Audrey Fletcher
December 4, 2012
John West, a University Trustee professor, came to Kent State 28 years ago to participate in research in the Liquid Crystals Institute. "Reducing funding for research means we lose the momentum we have," West said. "It puts in jeopardy both our intellectual and physical infrastructure, and those things are very difficult to rebuild once they're lost." Photo by Hannah Potes.

Finding funding for the future

Audrey Fletcher
October 17, 2012
Todd Diacon, the new Provost for Kent State University, speaks at the October Faculty Senate Meeting on Oct. 8. Photo by Jacob Byk.

Provost announces strategic planning committee at Faculty Senate

Audrey Fletcher
October 8, 2012

Provost appoints three staffers to different positions

Audrey Fletcher
October 7, 2012

Educational materials can help KSU students succeed in class

Audrey Fletcher
September 26, 2012
Physics professor Jon Secaur teaches 7 Ideas That Shook The Universe and Physics In Entertainment And The Arts online. "I try to respect my students' intelligence and time by only asking them to do projects that are worthwhile," said Secaur. Photo by Hannah Potes.

Online courses continue to grow

Audrey Fletcher
September 20, 2012

School of Digital Sciences’ enrollment increases drastically

Audrey Fletcher
September 15, 2012

KSU to announce 2012 class has school’s smartest freshmen ever

Audrey Fletcher
September 3, 2012
Photo courtesy of Rise Against.

Rise Against to rock the M.A.C.C. with unique sound

Audrey Fletcher
January 26, 2012

Awesome Halloween movies

Audrey Fletcher
October 26, 2011

Footloose: Not your average remake

Audrey Fletcher
October 12, 2011

Movie Review: Footloose

Audrey Fletcher
October 11, 2011
Submitted photo.

Q and A with Julianne Hough

Audrey Fletcher
October 5, 2011
Director Dustin Lee behind the scenes of "The House of Boredom."

Kent State alumni take on film festival

Audrey Fletcher
September 28, 2011

Fall concert schedule

Audrey Fletcher
September 13, 2011
Michael A. Brahler, junior psychology major, with his 2005 Volvo s60 was chosen to appear as an extra in the upcoming Avengers film being shot in Cleveland. For his part, he drove around a section of Cleveland that had been mocked-up to look like New York City for a few hours. “It still blows my mind,” said Brahler, who fears that his small part will wind up on the cutting room floor.. Photo by SAM VERBULECZ.

Kent State student becomes an extra in “The Avengers”

Audrey Fletcher
August 31, 2011
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