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LGBTQ students and allies painted The Rock

Members of Kent State's LGBTQ+ community and their allies used The Rock to share a call for kindness. 

Parking lot at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡'s Kent Campus

Have you ever experienced frustration while trying to find a parking spot on campus? Five business school students did, and last fall they pitched their solutions in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Idea Pitch and won first place.

MLK Family Event at King Kennedy Community Center

Kent State's Flashes Fighting Hunger initiative engaged families and the community through an MLK-themed event at Ravenna's King Kennedy Center. 

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Brandon Bell singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

A recent graduate lent his voice to an inspiring opening of Kent State's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

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Black squirrel near a tree on Front Campus

At Kent State, campus black squirrels may need to step in for Groundhog Day forecasting duties. 

MLK event panel

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ used its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Feb. 1 to inaugurate a new series of educational programs to help foster a better understanding of the many diverse voices in the university community. 

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Decorated door at DeWeese Health Center

On-campus flu vaccine clinics help keep Â鶹¾«Ñ¡students, faculty and staff healthy throughout the flu season. 

An image of a healthy Black mother and child.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Anti-Racism and Equity Institute, in conjunction with University Libraries, on Feb. 6 will host a movie screening and panel discussion for Black History Month addressing the increasing infant mortality rate among African Americans in Northeast Ohio. 

Work continues on the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Ice Arena

Work continues on the renovations and improvements to the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Ice Arena.

Senior fashion design majors Mackenzie Karsten and Daniella Byrnes review candidates during model tryouts at Kent State's School of Fashion

Students, faculty and alumni from Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s world-renowned School of Fashion will be sending some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio.