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Flying Flashes 2023 Air Race Winners

Kent State's flight team takes first-place honors for the second consecutive year in an air race for women pilots.

Aeronautics student and professor in a plane

While aeronautics has long been a fixture at ѿappUniversity, with the advent of a new career field called “Advanced Air Mobility,” the university is in a unique position to help support growth of cutting-edge technologies – and job opportunities – in this space today. 

David Hassler, director of ѿappUniversity's Wick Poetry Center, performs at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit.

"Poetry and science are not opposites, they’re actually allies," said David Hassler, director of ѿappUniversity’s Wick Poetry Center. 

Hassler paraphrases American poet Jane Hirshfield, who, in 2017, contacted him to collaborate on a Poets for Science project, which is now an interactive exhibit and writing invitation housed at the Wick Poetry Center on the Kent Campus. 

ѿappstudents tour Florence, Italy, with Assistant Dean Kristin Stasiowski, Ph.D.

What first began in 1972 with a small group of ѿapparchitecture students and faculty traveling to Florence, Italy, for a few weeks has blossomed into one of the most prestigious education-abroad programs in the country.

A driver adjust the radio dial in his car.

ѿappUniversity School of Media and Journalism Associate Professor Mitch McKenney explains why there is a critical need to maintain access to AM radio in cars.

Metin Eren, Ph.D., associate professor and director of archeology at ѿappUniversity, demonstrates flintknapping.

For most, the craft known as flintknapping is a skilled hobby or art form that was thought to occasionally require bandages or stitches. However, new research suggests flintknapping is far more dangerous than previously understood.

ѿappUniversity students cross Risman Plaza by the fountain.

U.S. News & World Report ranks 11 ѿappUniversity programs among the best in the nation in its recently released 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings.

An illustration of books.

The ѿappUniversity Press released a list of new titles this spring that would make for enjoyable summer reading for the beach, pool or backyard hammock. 

McArevey and Elvis meet

A visiting documentary star (and Elvis fan) received a very special welcome at Kent State.

Douglas Scott McKenzie with Amy Reynolds and Todd Diacon at May 4 Commemoration 2023

The ѿappCommunity came together for the 53rd Commemoration of May 4, 1970.