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Today, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University family mourns the tragic loss of one of our student-athletes, freshman football player Tyler Heintz. Tyler was transported to a local hospital by paramedics this morning following football conditioning drills at Dix Stadium. The cause of death is…
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![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« fashion design and business student Madeline Mehler's new clothing business, Sultrie, aims to add to the sustainable fashion movement.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/file/PROFILES-Sultrie-MAIN.jpg?VersionId=gwICjzJXf.g8APU6av2zrFEDOSIkk4nQ)
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« sophomore fashion design and business student Madeline Mehler launched a business that creates a more sustainable, lower carbon-footprint approach to making clothes.
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![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students model original designs created by Fashion School students during the school’s 2017 Spring Fashion Show Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students model original designs created by Fashion School students during the school’s 2017 Spring Fashion Show](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/file/B0B_3679_JR_edits.jpeg?VersionId=.mp3ZH1QZa5x6Z75PnFukrcFCNKltk9d)
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Fashion School Ranked #3 Nationally for Merchandising, #4 for Design in New Ratings
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has once again been named among the nation’s elite, according to new rankings from .
For Fashion Merchandising, the school has been…
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« graduate continues to break new ground in the understanding of cognition—and his research may help us move beyond the limits of the brain’s working memory.
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![The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Golden Flashes pose with members of the community on the multipurpose court they constructed in Aguacate, Belize.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Photo%201%20-%20USE%20ON%20HOME%20PAGE.jpg?VersionId=V5dglwGuyba1MGzm8bRQ.rdXRd0CvqeF)
Instead of heading home to relax following the conclusion of finals week, a group of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University student-athletes traveled to Aguacate, Belize, to partner with on a service project from May 16-24.
A total of 19…
With a goal of becoming one of the nation’s top public universities in aeronautics and engineering education and research, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Board of Trustees approved changing the name of the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology to the College…
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The Burr Magazine, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s general interest student magazine, was named the best student magazine in the nation by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« also earned national finalist status in two categories in SPJ’s annual national Mark of Excellence…
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, May 31. The Board is scheduled to convene at 1:30 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of University Library on the Kent…
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![Pictured (left to right) are Barb Smith of KeyBank; Margot Copeland of KeyBank Foundation and Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Board of Trustees; Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« student Jordan Wilkins; Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« President Beverly Warren; and Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Foundation Board Chair Gary Brahler. Pictured (left to right) are Barb Smith of KeyBank; Margot Copeland of KeyBank Foundation and Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Board of Trustees; Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« student Jordan Wilkins; Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« President Beverly Warren; and Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Foundation Board Chair Gary Brahler.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/05.10.17%20Photo%20from%20KeyBank%20Foundation%27s%20gift%20announcement%20with%20Kent%20State.jpg?VersionId=DuLjWwz7BvCjzhb6sXQ6dDrbztXKJCes)
KeyBank Foundation has granted $1 million to Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University to support programs to increase the recruitment, retention and graduation rates of underrepresented students.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University will be closed on Monday, May 29, in observance of Memorial Day. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, May 30.