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In a meeting with junior mechatronics engineering technology major Jude Carver a few weeks before the KSU Combat Robotics Tournament, he was still planning and building his 'bot. He shares the details of his combat robot’s design along with the next steps in its construction before the competition. He also demonstrates his skills in drawing complex Japanese characters. 

Ohio is conducting a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday, March 19, at 9:50 a.m. All Â鶹¹û¶³ campuses will be participating in this test.

The national trend of fully online enrollment has been decreasing since the pandemic, but Kent State’s online programs are bucking those trends. Kent State offers 90 fully online degree and certificate programs. From bachelor’s to master’s degree programs, the university provides its nationally distinctive academics completely online.

Diane Petrella, dean of Â鶹¹û¶³'s College of the Arts, sees access as a way to provide students with many benefits, including fostering creativity, emotional expression, social interaction and personal growth, and as she shares below, she believes these benefits should be available to all.

University photographer Bob Christy captured unique images of students from Kent State's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship going to and from their classes inside Crawford Hall. 

Â鶹¹û¶³â€™s Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, John Rathje, has been named the recipient of the prestigious 2025 ORBIE® Award in the Corporate category. 

Kent State Men's Basketball (21-11) has punched their ticket to the National Invitation Tournament. 

For the Â鶹¹û¶³ community, March 17, 2020, was the day most university employees began working remotely following the shift of coursework to online classes and nearly all students leaving the residence halls as COVID-19 reached Ohio.

Get ready to welcome alumni back to campus, celebrate Kent State traditions, and cheer on the Golden Flashes as they take on the University of Massachusetts Minutemen in the Homecoming football game.

Â鶹¹û¶³ alumna Emily Clark discusses her journey from an English degree to her high-tech career, where she solves business challenges using artificial intelligence. Clark credits much of her success to her education at Kent State.

Kent State staffer and talented photographer, Michael Gershe, set up his camera at the Â鶹¹û¶³ Airport for this month's big celestial event: the lunar eclipse. 

Kent State rode a dominant first half to defeat Western Michigan 73-66 Thursday night, securing their spot in the Mid-American Conference tournament semifinals.

Â鶹¹û¶³ alumnus Antonio Gates has begun his journey to football immortality, recently visiting the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, to meet with officials and begin preparations for his enshrinement. The former basketball standout at Kent State will become just the second Golden Flash to earn a gold jacket, joining linebacker Jack Lambert who was enshrined in 1990.

The defending Mid-American Conference (MAC) Women’s Basketball Tournament champion is are one step closer to repeating its title run. No. 4 seed Â鶹¹û¶³ defeated No. 5 Miami University 68-61 in Wednesday's quarterfinal matchup at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, securing its spot in the semifinals of the 2025 MAC Tournament.

Eboni Pringle Ph.D., senior vice president of Student Life, calls the full-time and part-time employees in the division a "dream team" for the exceptional service they render.

With messages of unity, diversity, and people coming together, Holi, the Indian festival of love, colors and spring was celebrated by the Kent Indian Association on Centennial Court Green on March 8. 

Meet Tommy Charnie, a junior architecture major in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design from Weirton, West Virginia, whose passions serve as daily motivators, fueling what many would call a packed schedule.

Mary Kay Cabot has spent more than 40 years reporting on Cleveland sports, breaking barriers as a female sportswriter. Starting with an internship at The Plain Dealer, she overcame early challenges and still works at the paper today as a respected journalist covering the Cleveland Browns.

High winds ahead of winter storms ripped away the windsock that was perched on top of the hangar at the Â鶹¹û¶³ Airport.