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Thomas Grace, author, Kent State alum, and one of nine wounded on May 4, 1970. Grace was the keynote speaker at the Educator’s Summit on July 31, 2019.

Thomas Grace kicks off May 4 Educators Summit

Maria McGinnis August 1, 2019

Thomas Grace, one of the nine Kent State students wounded during the May 4, 1970 shootings, kicked off The Voices for Change: 2019 Educator’s Summit in the KIVA on Wednesday evening. The summit runs...

PRIDE! Kent to host Kent’s first ever Pride festival

Autumn Rietzel July 31, 2019

PRIDE! Kent, Kent State’s oldest LGBTQ organization, announced it will host the Rainbow Squirrel Festival, Kent’s first-ever Pride festival in October. In the past, the organization discussed putting...

Wick Poetry Center receives over $30,000 in grants

Brandon Justice July 30, 2019

Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center is receiving more than $30,000 in grants from the Ohio Arts Council, a state agency that supports and funds quality arts. The grants are the latest in a series of grants...

costume contest

Nathan Mehring July 28, 2019

An audience gathers at Dan Smith Park for the first teenager and adult costume contest at the fourth annual Wizardly World of Kent Festival on July 27, 2019. The park was renamed the “Forbidden Forest”...

quidditch team

Nathan Mehring July 28, 2019

Harrison Daniel (left) and Colton Snyder (right) pose for a photograph at the fourth annual Wizardly World of Kent Festival on July 27, 2019. They are the co-coaches of the Kent State Quidditch team, the...

The view down Acorn Alley, temporarily renamed “Dragon Alley,” during the fourth annual Wizardly World of Kent Festival on July 27, 2019.

Annual wizard festival brings magic to downtown Kent

Nathan Mehring July 28, 2019

Quidditch matches, costume contests and live performances were enjoyed by magic-lovers from around Ohio in downtown Kent Saturday at the fourth annual Wizardly World of Kent. The game Quidditch, modeled...

Kent State student researches link between racism and pregnancy

Isabel Illig July 28, 2019

African-American women are four times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as white women, in part due to racial inequalities, according to the Centers for Disease Control.That is the focus of...

Daniel Palmer

New Interim Dean named for Kent State Trumbull campus

Michael Reiner July 27, 2019

 At the beginning of July, Dr. Daniel Palmer was named Interim Dean/Chief Administrative Officer for the Trumbull branch of Kent State University.Palmer will replace the former Dean Dr. Lance Grahn, who...

Daniel Palmer

New Interim Dean named for Kent State Trumbull campus

Michael Reiner July 27, 2019

At the beginning of July, Dr. Daniel Palmer was named Interim Dean/Chief Administrative Officer for the Trumbull branch of Kent State University.Palmer will replace the former Dean Dr. Lance Grahn, who...

My buddy Zach Kibler and I during the first night of the Ohio Youth Leadership Forum. Zach loves the Cleveland Browns, so he gave me some friendly trash talk after the speech!

One step at a time: Youth Leadership Forum

Michael Reiner July 21, 2019

OPINION  Leadership is a very interesting term. We all kind of have an idea about what it is, but leadership is a word that could have lots of meanings to different people. The dictionary defines leadership...

Angela Ridgel

KSU professors’ research shows ballroom dance is beneficial for people living with Parkinson’s

Isabel Illig July 18, 2019

Many people live with Parkinson’s disease, a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement, but struggle to find a way to alleviate the symptoms. Angela Ridgel wanted to find the best ways...

Joseph C. Swaney

Police: Kent man sexually assaults woman

Rachel Karas July 18, 2019

A 29-year-old woman was sexually assaulted around 6 a.m. Wednesday morning near Haymaker Parkway and East Main Street, according to a press release from Kent Police. Joseph C. Swaney, 30, of Kent, was...

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