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A long-term study of butterfly populations in Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley National Park is shedding light on ecological changes and the impacts of human activities on local ecosystems. The study, which has been ongoing since the 1990s, represents one of the longest-running volunteer-driven insect surveys in North America. Experts from Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s Department of Biological Sciences are working to interpret 20-plus years’ worth of data and convey what it means for environmental conservation.
Music, activities, games and fun brought together Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s international students for a global block party.
The university welcomed Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s Class of 2024 in grand style at this year's convocation with inspirational speeches from university administrators, rally towels, strobe lights, Golden Flash cheerleaders and the Marching Golden Flashes band.
You wouldn’t think that Lauren Paterson, ’24, a student in Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University's Nursing Home Administration Graduate Certificate program, would have much in common with her new friend Marcus, a 74-year-old with three children, seven grandchildren and a wife of 50 years. Think again.
The celebration, Sept. 19-21, will be packed with panel discussions, workshops and poetry readings, culminating in a gala dinner on Sept. 21.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« welcomes new students each fall with KSU Kickoff – two days of activities that help them get to know campus and its resources as they join our Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University family.
President Todd Diacon stressed the significance of respecting freedom of speech while practicing kindness and respect during his Convocation address.
Rally towels, strobe lights and the Marching Golden Flashes added to the celebration on Aug. 16, when Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University welcomed its Class of 2028 with a rocking pep rally at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.
For the past month, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University has hosted 37 international graduate students as part of the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture. The group, from 26 countries, arrived on the Kent Campus on July 21 and was scheduled to depart on Aug. 17 to begin their graduate programs at universities throughout the country.
Bright sunshine, verdant green spaces and colorful flowers in bloom set the scene for summertime on the Kent Campus.
This summer, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s College of Nursing welcomed high school students participating in the University Hospitals Future Nurse Academy program to campus for a tour and hands-on practice in our simulation labs.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s president, faculty and staff helped the new Golden Flashes move into their residence halls.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s financial aid administrators want students and their families who were caught in the snags of the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid process to know that financial aid and help completing the application are still available. The FAFSA cycle for the 2024-25 school year is not over.
It has been nearly 14 months since a gas explosion destroyed the historic building that was home to the Paris American Academy, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Paris home for 16 years. Now, the academy has found a new home and soon, exciting advancements will be happening with Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s education-abroad programs in Paris.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University welcomed more than 1,000 new graduates to its alumni family during the summer commencement ceremony Saturday.
Two years ago, Cynthia Blinebery had an inkling she might have Parkinson’s. Her voice was weak, and her husband often asked her to repeat things. She ran out of breath when speaking and experienced tremors in her hands and fingers. Her father and aunt had Parkinson’s. A neurological exam confirmed her suspicion.
A father and son, both Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University alumni, graduates of the professional pilot program in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, recently achieved a remarkable milestone. Scott and Kyle Koeppl completed their first flight together as Southwest Airlines pilots.
With recreational marijuana sales now underway in Ohio, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University officials are reminding the campus community that marijuana use remains prohibited on all university properties.
The white coat at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s College of Podiatric Medicine’s White Coat Ceremony is presented as a reminder of the professionalism required by students, in their studies at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« and later as they become podiatric physicians.
When U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« this summer, he and U.S. Representative (and Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« alumna) Emilia Sykes toured the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the May 4 Visitors Center.