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Best of Kent: best event/festival

Paige Bennett General assignment editor • March 7, 2020

First place: Fake Paddy's Day Typically held the week before St. Patrick's Day, Fake Paddy's Day is a celebration that occurs in many college towns across the United States. According to KSNT.com, Fake...

Kent State announces travel restriction to China

Paige Bennett General assignment editor • February 3, 2020

Kent State announced Monday a temporary restriction on university-sponsored travel to China because of the 2019 novel coronavirus. In an email sent to the Kent community, interim Senior Vice President...

Alleged porch stalker indicted for two felonies, two misdemeanors

Rachel Karas Managing editor • October 18, 2019

Steven Franzreb, 43, who police say appeared on the front porches of the Alpha Phi and Delta Gamma sorority houses wearing only a Speedo swimsuit, was indicted by a Portage County Grand Jury on Thursday. Franzreb...

$50,000 bond set for suspected Kent sorority stalker

Paige Bennett General assignment editor • October 15, 2019

A $50,000 bond was set for a man arrested in association with several prowling incidents at sorority houses on Fraternity Circle. Kent Police arrested 43-year-old Steven Franzreb of North Royalton, Ohio,...

Demonstrators gather on Risman Plaza for Global Climate Strike

Shams Mustafa General assignment reporter • September 20, 2019

Protestors gathered on Risman Plaza at noon Friday to demand action against climate change. The demonstration, hosted by Students for a Democratic Society, was part of the Global Climate Strike. Millions...

Kent State announces new director of School of Fashion Design and Merchandising

Paige Bennett General assignment editor • September 19, 2019

Kent State announced Louise Valentine as the new director of the Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising. Valentine, an applied design researcher, recently served...

Kent State’s makerspaces ranked No. 6 in nation

Paige Bennett • August 23, 2019

Kent State’s makerspaces ranked No. 6 in a list by Great Value Colleges of the top 50 college and university makerspaces in the nation. It was the highest rank of an Ohio-based university. Great Value...

Road salt harms native organisms, plants

Paige Bennett • December 5, 2018

Road salt may keep streets and sidewalks ice-free, but not without consequence.The heavy use of road salt in the winter poses threats to the environment, said Lauren Kinsman-Costello, an assistant professor...

Liquid Crystal Institute gets new-name treatment, license to expand

Paige Bennett • November 17, 2018

For over 50 years, the university has received international recognition for its research on liquid crystals.Now, that research is changing.The Liquid Crystal Institute became the Advanced Materials and...

Telerobotics lab builds robot, competes at World Robot Summit

Paige Bennett • November 10, 2018

Led by Jong-Hoon Kim, an assistant professor in the department of computer science, the Advanced Telerobotics Research Laboratory created its latest robot, TeleBot 2.“TeleBot 2 is a humanoid telepresence...

Neuroscience degree offered beginning Fall 2019

Paige Bennett • November 1, 2018

The College of Arts and Sciences will begin offering a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience in Fall 2019.Expanding the neuroscience program has been one of university’s goals for over 25 years, James...

Professor receives $450,000 grant for oxytocin research

Paige Bennett • October 27, 2018

A Kent State professor received a $450,000 grant for her research on oxytocin and how it may be involved in the brain development of males and females.The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child...