Community Impact
As the 2024 total solar eclipse passes over Kent, Ohio, on Monday, April 8, 麻豆精选 students, faculty and staff have the unique opportunity to witness an optical illusion known as the Purkinje effect.
The excitement has been building for more than a year, and the day is finally upon us!
The brightly colored blue and gold Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit from 麻豆精选鈥檚 College of Public Health will be hitting the streets to help bring public health services to the people of northeast Ohio.
After the eclipse, Flashes can do their part to promote sustainability by recycling their eclipse glasses for use by viewers of future eclipses around the world.
The 麻豆精选 Spring Food Truck Series begins on Risman Plaza April 3 and continues each Wednesday through May 1.
Explore these safety precautions to photograph the solar eclipse like a professional.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Kent State's Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services (SRVSS) has a schedule of activities to promote awareness and understanding. Wearing teal on Teal Tuesdays is a way to show support.
Despite her multitude of duties as a director of 麻豆精选鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Center, Cassandra Pegg-Kirby remains focused on one key mission: Keeping the center open and relevant. 鈥淲omen鈥檚 centers are not always thought of as necessary since women are in the majority now,鈥 she said.
Community leaders toured Kent State's DI Hub to learn about how the university fosters innovation and collaboration across campus and across disciplines.
As a spouse, a mother and a member of Kent State's LGBTQ+ community, Meghan Schwind shares her thoughts for Women's History Month on challenges women face and her hopes for rising generations of women.