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An accident occurred on Loop Road in front of WKSU on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. The red vehicle went left of center and hit the Jeep head-on. Multiple injuries were reported.

Update: Three students taken to hospital with injuries after car accident

Madeleine Winer April 8, 2015

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the Ohio State Highway Patrol's investigation into the accident. Three Kent State students have been taken to area hospitals with injuries after a...

Kent State President Beverly Warren wraps up the Listening Tour she started when she first got to Kent in the Wright-Curtis Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. Warren said that many of those she spoke to voiced similar concerns like racial diversity on campus, expanding growth and expanding the credit cap.

Warren emphasizes university unity during final Listening Tour stop

Christina Godfrey February 3, 2015

President Beverly Warren told an audience of more than 100 about the conclusions drawn from her six-month Listening Tour and the projects slated through the 2020 school year in the Center for the Performing...

Photo courtesy of Kent State University.

Kent State prepares for two new two new VPs

Marissa Barnhart December 3, 2014

A search committee of faculty, administrators and Kent State community members have decided on finalists for the university’s next leader of fundraising efforts.Two candidates will visit campus to be...

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

Audrey Fletcher October 16, 2014

The three Kent State employees who are self-monitoring at home after potential Ebola virus exposure are not faculty members and do not work in food service. While not naming them, Kent State spokesman...

This undated file image made available by the CDC shows the Ebola Virus.

Visit by Ebola victim shocks northeast Ohio

Katherine Schaeffer October 15, 2014

A nurse who cared for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan at a Dallas Hospital was diagnosed with the virus after visiting relatives in Tallmadge over the weekend, three of whom are Kent State staff members....

Credit hour cap might revert to old policy

Tristan Buirley October 8, 2014

When the credit hour cap was implemented in 2012, many students and faculty protested, but after two years on campus, its days migh be numbered.Some university and government officials have insinuated...

Storify: Tornado warning in Kent forces students to take shelter

September 10, 2014

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Kent State begins search for new VP

Marissa Barnhart September 3, 2014

Kent State University has started the search to find its next fundraising and alumni relations leader.In a university-wide email, Kent State President Beverly Warren announced that a search committee has...

HUD charges KSU with housing discrimination over support animal

Emily Mills August 24, 2014

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday it has charged Kent State and four university employees with housing discrimination for refusing to allow a student with...

Governor appoints two members to Board of Trustees

Emily Mills August 6, 2014

Gov. John Kasich appointed two new members to Kent State’s Board of Trustees, the governing body of the university.Stephen A. Perry, former president and executive director of the Pro Football Hall of...

University spokesman Eric Mansfield prepares to give a press conference in Franklin Hall on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The press conference was held to update the media on the events unfolding on campus during the night of the campus lockdown.

KSU police, community reflect on emergency response

Katherine Schaeffer April 10, 2014

On Wednesday, April 2, Kent State ordered a campus-wide lockdown when a shot was fired in front of Bowman Hall. At first, the origin of the gunshot — fired during a heated domestic dispute — was unclear....

KSU nearly out of road salt

DKS Staff February 27, 2014

Kent State is running extremely low on road salt, university officials said Thursday.University spokesman Eric Mansfield said the university has about 150 tons of salt left. Kent State usually needs about...