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Community Impact

Photo of Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in Kent State’s Department of Psychological Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences was recently honored with two awards for her exceptional contributions on the Evergreen Podcasts and NPR Ideastream podcast , an impactful exploration of the health and well-being of Black women in Cleveland.

Aeronautics Expo

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ will host the Aeronautics and Engineering Expo (A&E Expo) on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Airport. This event offers a day of aviation excitement, hands-on STEM experiences, and family-friendly activities for all ages.

New Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Votes Banner

The Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Votes initiative is working with organizations and departments across campus to help engage and inform student voters in advance of the coming elections. 

White Coat Ceremony Kent Campus 2024

Second-year nursing students at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡received white coats in a ceremony marking their transition into the professional sequence of their program. 

two images, a Douglas C-53 Skytrooper airplane and a robot dog.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ will host the Aeronautics and Engineering Expo (A&E Expo) on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Airport. This event offers a day of aviation excitement, hands-on STEM experiences, and family-friendly activities for all ages.

Props-4-Paws donation of food and supplies to Humane Society of Summit County in 2018

At the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Airport, two alumni are proving that the sky's not the limit when it comes to helping animals in need.

Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Research Symposium 2024

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡welcomed undergraduate researchers from our university, Cleveland State University and the University of Akron to the Kent Campus for the 19th annual Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Research Symposium.

LGBTQ+ Kick-Off 2024

Before classes began for Fall Semester 2024, the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Center welcomed the university's LGBTQ+ community back to campus with a Fall Kickoff event.

a monarch butterfly on a plant

A long-term study of butterfly populations in Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley National Park is shedding light on ecological changes and the impacts of human activities on local ecosystems. The study, which has been ongoing since the 1990s, represents one of the longest-running volunteer-driven insect surveys in North America. Experts from Kent State’s Department of Biological Sciences are working to interpret 20-plus years’ worth of data and convey what it means for environmental conservation.

Visiting poets for the Wick 40th anniversary celebration. From left to right: Padraig Ó Tuama, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jane Hirshfield and Adrian Matejka

The celebration, Sept. 19-21, will be packed with panel discussions, workshops and poetry readings, culminating in a gala dinner on Sept. 21.