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Kent State Stark organizations increase student involvement

Elizabeth Gibbs September 5, 2019

As the fall semester moves forward, Kent State Stark hosted the Student Resource Fair on Wednesday afternoon. The participating groups represented every area of student life at the commuter campus. Some...

This is a colored adhesive sculpture. The gallery is open until Oct. 5, 2019.

Kent State’s glass program celebrates 50 years through glass exhibitions

Abigail Mack September 4, 2019

Although it’s often called the "golden anniversary," 50 years is looking a little different for Kent State’s School of Art.Started in 1969 by Henry Halem, Kent State’s studio glass program is celebrating...

Janice Lessman-Moss, professor of textiles in the School of Art, looks at students' work. 

KSU professor receives Cleveland Arts Prize Lifetime Achievement Award

Hannah Davis August 25, 2019

It was the early 1980s, and Pittsburgh native Janice Lessman-Moss had just signed on as a professor with the Kent State School of Visual Arts. She was doing what she loved and working with a medium she...

Attorney Warner Mendenhall speaks to reporters about his client, Julio Pino, outside the Carl B. Stoaks U.S. Courthouse Sept. 26, 2018. 

Former Kent State Professor sentenced to prison

David Williams September 26, 2018

Former Kent State history professor Julio Pino, 58, was sentenced to five months in prison, five months of house arrest, three years of probation and given a $2,500 fine Wednesday for lying to the FBI.Pino...

157 Lounge on S. Water Street in downtown Kent on Oct. 18, 2017.

Update: Pino, 157 Lounge and other local court cases

Brandon Bounds and Laina Yost August 29, 2018

The following is an update on the status of four court cases relevant to Kent or Kent State. Pino to be sentenced in SeptemberFormer Kent State professor Julio Pino is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept....

Anthony Tosi

Professor leaves New York behind to raise family, pursue academic dreams in Kent

Logan Lutton December 6, 2017

A convicted murderer stands a mere 25 feet away from Anthony Tosi. While the jury listens, daggers come out of the eyes of the accused. Sent from the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City,...

Halim El-Dabh

Students, friends assemble to honor life of former Kent State professor, composer

Cameron Gorman November 19, 2017

As snow gently fell outside Cartwright Hall, people meandered past photographs of Halim El-Dabh, hung along the glass windows.The images portrayed the composer at a young age, with a dog alongside. Standing...

Screen grab from the documentary.

Documentary on sex worker rights set to kick off colloquium series

Cameron Gorman September 26, 2017

Kent State professor’s documentary on sex worker rights will be screened this Friday as part of a colloquium series being held by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality this semester.“Red...

Kim Garchar

Professor ponders medical ethics for end-of-life care

Cameron Gorman September 15, 2017

If you could choose your best death, what would it be? Would you want to be treated until the bitter end in attempts to save you, or to drift away naturally?It may be a difficult question, but for Kim...

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Students learn about highs, lows of marijuana in drug class

Madeline Crandall April 19, 2017

The undergraduate course “Drug Use and Misuse” takes an in-depth look at 11 different drugs throughout the semester. Amanda Burke, assistant professor of health sciences, teaches the class. Her areas...

Janice Lessman-Moss, Textile Professor in the School of Art at Kent State, sits at her loom from Norway while discussing the coming Textile Art Open House on Friday, March 4, 2016. Lessman-Moss was recently named an “individual artist” category winner for the 2016 Governor’s Award for the Arts in Ohio.

Art professor of 35 years wins Governor’s Individual Artist’s Award

Holly Disch March 8, 2016

A Kent State art professor dedicated her work to textiles for the past 20 years, which paved the way for winning the Governor’s Individual Artists Award.At the start of her college career, Janice Lessman-Moss...