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Kent State alumnus’s play to make off-Broadway debut

A Kent State alumnus’s play will make its off-Broadway debut in January 2020 at the Theatre Row in New York City. Scott Miesse, who graduated from Kent State in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in musical...

A dress from Shuxian's collection that was shown on September 5 for the Supima Competition.

Alum showcases work at PFW, wins CFDA award

Ashley Johnson October 30, 2019

Fashion design alumna Shuxian Kong accomplished a lot during her time at Kent State. She was a finalist for the Council of Fashion Designers of America Fashion Awards in New York in 2017, won the “Sportswear/Casual...

Junior English major Dorisha Hendrix, A Wick Poetry Center employee, and senior integrated language arts major Faith Payton work and talk in the May Prentice House on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. 

Wick Poetry Center collaborates on exhibit to be shown at Ellis Island this fall

“Traveling Stanzas,” the ever-changing poetry project through Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center, will journey to the National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island this fall as part of the “Sisters...

FILE - This Dec. 20, 2018, file photo shows a Juul electronic cigarette starter kit at a smoke shop in New York. Juul is the largest U.S. seller of electronic cigarettes, controlling about 70 percent of the market. The San Francisco-based company rose to the top through viral marketing that promoted high-nicotine pods with dessert and fruit flavors. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Juul stops e-cigarette ads as teen vaping, illnesses grow

WASHINGTON (AP) — Juul Labs Inc. will stop advertising its electronic cigarettes in the U.S. and replace its chief executive as mysterious breathing illnesses and an explosion in teen vaping have triggered...

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation

Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, and Julie Pace AP September 25, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressed Ukraine's leader to "look into" Democratic rival Joe Biden as well as his grievances from the 2016 election, according to a rough transcript of a summer...

Kent State hires two new geography professors

Colleen Carrol Sciences Reporter September 24, 2019

Kent State’s geography department hired two new professors to accommodate the growing environmental studies program.Tim Assal and He Yin were added to the geography faculty this summer, according to...

Reverend Renne Zimelis-Ruchotzke holds the microphone for Cheryl Lessin as she tells the crowd about a non-violent protest in Washington D.C. that will push against what she called the "fascist regime" of President Donald Trump at the climate strike held at Risman Plaza on Sept. 20, 2019. She said the "regime" is one of the biggest factors in climate change. 

Demonstrators gather on Risman Plaza for Global Climate Strike

Protestors gathered on Risman Plaza at noon Friday to demand action against climate change. The demonstration, hosted by Students for a Democratic Society, was part of the Global Climate Strike. Millions...

A sixth person in the United States has died from lung disease related to vaping, Kansas health officials said. The death marks the first in the state, but raises even more concern about the safety and regulation of e-cigarettes.

‘I was non-stop Juuling up a storm’: 10 college students on their vaping addictions

By Eric Levenson, CNN September 15, 2019

Originally Published: 15 SEP 19 03:22 ETUpdated: 15 SEP 19 11:18 ET    (CNN) -- The CDC, FDA, White House and a who's who of officials in suits want young people to stop using e-cigarettes amid a mysterious...

A sixth person in the United States has died from lung disease related to vaping, Kansas health officials said. The death marks the first in the state, but raises even more concern about the safety and regulation of e-cigarettes.

A sixth person died from vaping-related lung disease. Here’s what you need to know

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN September 11, 2019

Originally Published: 10 SEP 19 19:21 ETUpdated: 11 SEP 19 08:29 ET    (CNN) -- A sixth person in the United States has died from lung disease related to vaping, Kansas health officials said Tuesday....

Alanna Lizun, now a Kent State fashion design alumna, prepares models wearing her collection to take the runway in Rockwell Hall on Friday, April 27, 2018 for the annual fashion show, “FS2:Alchemy." 

Meet Alanna Lizun — the Kent State alumna taking on the world of fashion

Ashley Johnson September 23, 2018

Kent State fashion design alumna Alanna Lizun had a pretty successful year. Lizun’s collection, “Arguments + Eruptions,” won Best in Show in “FS2:Alchemy” — the university’s 2018 annual...

The Office of Global Education hosts New York City spring break trip

Moira Reed March 8, 2018

On March 28, international students at Kent State will have the opportunity to explore all New York has to offer — from national monuments to some of the best cuisine.During the three day trip, students...

Anthony Tosi

Professor leaves New York behind to raise family, pursue academic dreams in Kent

Logan Lutton December 6, 2017

A convicted murderer stands a mere 25 feet away from Anthony Tosi. While the jury listens, daggers come out of the eyes of the accused. Sent from the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City,...

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