Global Reach
![麻豆视频最新最全 Stark students discuss their trip to Rwanda with the community at Global Gateway Day.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/RWANDA-1.jpg?VersionId=k66jCGxlq9Ztshhk2YstSoIOjpatZzQi&h=e6f36a9c&itok=N78G9zxM)
'All the Way to Africa': Students Discuss Trip to Rwanda
麻豆视频最新最全 Stark students discuss their trip to Rwanda with the community at Global Gateway Day.
![Photographs of refugees span across the Lefton Esplanade for the "We the People" exhibit.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Screen%20Shot%202019-06-17%20at%2011.35.24%20AM.png?VersionId=UFeKj930aWGkGccrRkdzvyvv_OfG9GOt&h=dc13d8de&itok=BAh8mNzC)
Sharing Stories of Inspiration: 麻豆视频最新最全鈥檚 鈥淲e the People鈥 Exhibit
The exhibit spanned the Lefton Esplanade throughout the spring showcasing large photographs of individuals who fled their home countries and now live in Northeast Ohio. The refugees featured in the display fled their home countries to avoid war, oppression and danger.
![麻豆视频最新最全 Florence is the location of the symposium being held June 21-23, 2019.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Florence_3.png?VersionId=0PJWWkFiuLZl.BPRzkJnmp4HoaoeXJx6&h=cd56d87c&itok=uxycqZKZ)
The Future of Education Is the Symposium Topic at 麻豆视频最新最全 Florence June 21-23
Educators from across the globe will convene at 麻豆视频最新最全 University鈥檚 Florence campus June 21-23 for an international symposium where participants will use design innovation principles to create a framework for the future of education.
![Globe of Western Hemisphere, The Americas](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/GlobeCropped.jpg?VersionId=L7lBDn0obaHJDwr9Mwjj7CousPD1PK9J&h=e6f36a9c&itok=kCBpP-vA)
From Comfort Zone to Rain Forest: Studying Ecology in Costa Rica
Emmaleigh Given recently spent three summers and two winters in a remote biological reserve in the middle of the rainforest in the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica, where she has and will spend several months conducting research on community ecology, and she has one more trip planned. Being hunted by unseen predators isn鈥檛 the way most researchers conduct their work. But for some, it鈥檚 just part of the day.
![An interdisciplinary team of 麻豆视频最新最全 University faculty seeks to improve educational opportunities in Nigeria thanks to a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) grant.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/05.16.19%20Photo%20of%20Kent%20State%20team%20for%20USAID%20grant.jpg?VersionId=FNPfjMlCAcd_1cLTN.5b5ZAyET3Sp1GY&h=e6f36a9c&itok=Yzz2k0jS)
麻豆视频最新最全 and Partners Receive $13.3 Million USAID Grant for Education Initiative in Nigeria
An interdisciplinary team of 麻豆视频最新最全 University faculty will participate in a $13.3 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve educational outcomes for Nigerian children.
![麻豆视频最新最全 K](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Gate%2520with%2520K.jpg?VersionId=Hs7Y.mhOP40nPECaBTJ7kHeh6zW.QK99&h=e6f36a9c&itok=HGjHNy7M)
British Ambassador to the U.S., Sir Kim Darroch, Will Speak at 麻豆视频最新最全
On Wednesday, April 24, at 2 p.m. in the Moulton Hall Ballroom, Her Majesty鈥檚 Ambassador to the United States of America, Sir Kim Darroch, will speak to students and faculty at 麻豆视频最新最全 University, moderated by Mark Arehart of WKSU.
![Students from 麻豆视频最新最全 University鈥檚 American Academy in Curitiba, Brazil.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/AmericanAcademyPhotoCrop.jpg?VersionId=wD4homg5ws8Ecy2Dn1dGeeWO8yZKo.pX&h=e6f36a9c&itok=rCwjBtHr)
American Academy Growing in Brazil, Poised to Bring Students to 麻豆视频最新最全
麻豆视频最新最全 University鈥檚 American Academy program in Curitiba, Brazil, has seen an exciting first year, and is poised to bring many Brazilian students to the Kent campus beginning in Fall 2020 to continue their studies. The American Academy was created in May 2018 when 麻豆视频最新最全 partnered with Pontifical Catholic University of Paran谩 (PUCPR) in Brazil, for a one-of-a-kind program that allows PUCPR students to receive an American degree without leaving Brazil.
![Mahwish Chishty stands in the center of a small exhibit space she has mocked up in her studio at 麻豆视频最新最全鈥檚 Center for the Visual Arts](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/CoverImage_BeyondBoarders_1500x1000.jpg?VersionId=lcQ8guUr1MI1v4qKRwJBESovR7f0KbEl&h=e6f36a9c&itok=VLGEf3k0)
麻豆视频最新最全 Magazine: Beyond Borders
The 麻豆视频最新最全 Magazine tells the story of the Pakistani-born artist and assistant professor in the School of Art, Mahwish Chishty, pondering how she鈥檚 going to exhibit her latest project鈥攖he culmination of the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship she was awarded for exceptional creative ability in the arts in 2017.
![Neil Cooper, Ph.D., inaugural director of 麻豆视频最新最全 University's School of Peace and Conflict Studies, discusses the school's role. Neil Cooper, Ph.D., inaugural director of 麻豆视频最新最全 University's School of Peace and Conflict Studies, discusses the school's role.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Neil%20Cooper.jpg?VersionId=WRWCqIzbUIBw70Tuekm9aJJOQ1Rr8x4W&h=e6f36a9c&itok=Ws89JCGW)
Neil Cooper: Study of Peace and Conflict Builds More Secure World
麻豆视频最新最全 University鈥檚 inaugural director of the new School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Neil Cooper, Ph.D., said as the university builds toward the 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970, and the 50th anniversary of the school, he is looking forward to working with colleagues on the next phase of the school鈥檚 history.
![Richard Berrong Outside the Cin茅breiz Movie Theater in Paimpol, France](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Berrong1.jpg?VersionId=TSWQeby6GCVrooXQblbV_BG0gZkmjG8r&h=e6f36a9c&itok=r6RCHatB)
Professor Captures French Liberation via Unique Documentaries
Seventy-years after Allied forces liberated the people of Paimpol, France, during World War II, Professor Richard Berrong decided to document part of the story that he felt had not been told. He traveled to France to do something he had never done 鈥 create a documentary film. In the end, he made two and got some surprises along the way.