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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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Downtown Kent invites community, visitors to celebrate solar eclipse

Audrey Trevarthan, Campus Editor April 8, 2024

Food trucks lined downtown Kent’s Water Street in celebration of the solar eclipse Monday, featuring eclipse themed menu items, plenty of eclipse-approved glasses and an information booth.  Main...

The sun sets across campus on April 7, 2024.

Taking flight to space: Students aim to capture eclipse

Adriana Gasiewski, Beat Reporter April 7, 2024

Students of the Space Mission, an inter-department collaboration, finished up their last calculations before launching a weather balloon with a camera to the sun hoping to capture the total solar eclipse...

Christie Stickle, 45, of Ravenna, Ohio, holds eclipse glasses over Jenna Summy, a freshman scenic design major, as she takes a photo with her smartphone of the eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017

Kent under partial darkness: Community gathers, witnesses rare solar eclipse

Cameron Gorman August 21, 2017

Across clear, open areas on Kent’s campus, small clusters of people and solo viewers had their eyes turned skyward to witness the 2017 solar eclipse on Monday — the first of its kind in the country...