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Art students recreate ancient artifact using modern technology

IN A FLASH: Replicating Ancient Artifacts with Modern Tech

Students in Kent State's School of Art had the opportunity to use modern methods to recreate an ancient Chinese wine vessel. 

Tags: DI Hub, School of Art, College of the Arts, experiential learning, Arts & Culture, Students First

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Cemetery Calling

IN A FLASH: Cemetery Calling

Cemetery Calling, the newest play by Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡alumni and staffer Eric Mansfield premiered in Cleveland earlier this year. Another of Mansfield's plays, Trial by Fire, will be performed on campus in Fall 2024. 

Tags: Theatre, Eric Mansfield, University Communications and Marketing, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Community Impact

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Dame Zandra Rhodes

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡School of Fashion To Induct Fashion Designer Dame Zandra Rhodes Into Hall of Fame

The School of Fashion at Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ is pleased to announce British designer Dame Zandra Rhodes as the 2024 Hall of Fame Inductee.

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Poetry writing for the total solar eclipse.

Eclipse Poetry: The Convergence of Science and Art

An event like the total solar eclipse observed in Kent on April 8 can help to shake up our lives from the mundane. Poetry can work in the same way, said Chris Wick, son of Walt Wick, one of the founders of Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Wick Poetry Center.

Tags: University News, Arts & Culture, Student Life , Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact, Wick Poetry Center

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The Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡library stands tall in darkness while the moon blocks out the sun during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

Flash of Darkness: Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡Celebrates Total Eclipse of the Sun

It was a party 218 years in the making.

The thousands of people who came to Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in Kent, Ohio since 1806.

Tags: University News, Student Life, Community & Society, Arts & Culture, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact, Design Innovation

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Holi 2024

The Festival of Love, Colors and Spring

In late March, groups of Indian students on campus celebrated the popular and significant Hindu festival of Holi. 

Tags: Arts & Culture, Global Reach, Global Impact, Community & Society, International Students, India, Student Organizations, University Culinary Services

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Caden Clark, "A Night Out" by Yinxi Li

IN A FLASH: Campus Reflections

A student photographer for KentWired captured atmospheric images of "A Night Out" on the Kent Campus. 

Tags: Student Media, Student Life, Arts & Culture, Photography, Students First, Kent Campus

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Art from Graphic Content exhibition

A Closer Look at ‘Graphic Content’

Alison Caplan, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, provides an up close look at some of the items in the center's "Graphic Content: The Comics of May 4" exhibition.  She also share stories about the art and the artists that created it.  

Tags: May 4, Arts & Culture, Alumni, May 4 Visitors Center, Community & Society, taylor hall, Nationally Distinctive

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Dress up for Downs 2024 Fashion Event

IN A FLASH: Dressing up for Downs

Dress Up for Downs, a Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡student organization recently held its 8th annual fashion show fundraiser . The event, themed "Hollywood Heroes," featured a runway show with designs by Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡fashion design students and raised over $3000 for the Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio. 

Tags: Dress up for Downs, Student Organizations, Diverse Kent State, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Community Impact, Fashion School, College of the Arts

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