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The Board of Trustees approved the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute in a Zoom meeting Wednesday. Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, presented the proposal at the Academic Excellence and Student Success Committee meeting March 4.

Board of Trustees approves Anti-Racism and Equity Institute, amid the racial climate

Kelly Krabill Reporter March 10, 2021

The university’s plan to establish diversity will be the new focus of an institution approved by the Board of Trustees in a Zoom meeting Wednesday.The Anti-Racism and Equity Institute will host faculty,...

Plans show what the new Design Innovation Hub will look like when it opens in August 2020.

Design Innovation Hub coming to center campus

Samantha Farland March 6, 2019

The $44.9 million Design Innovation Hub construction will begin in April on the old Art Building.As part of Phase 1 of the 10-year Master Plan, the facility will open in August of 2020.The Design Innovation...

Kent State professors Elda and Torsten Hegmann pose with a sensor they designed to detect toxic gases.

Professors design sensor to detect toxic gases

Rachel Karas March 3, 2019

Professors from the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI) earned a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research on sensors that will detect toxic gases and vapors.Torsten...

“Be smarter than your phone” course to return to Kent State

Sydney Ford February 27, 2019

Starting next fall, Kent State is bringing back the design innovation course “Be Smarter Than Your Phone,” which will be open to all majors.Designed in 2013 by John West, a trustee professor in the...