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 Kent State University recently celebrated one year of wellness-on-the-go. The Mobile Flashes program has been in motion since spring 2024, delivering healthcare services to underserved and rural communities throughout Northeast Ohio.  Led by Kent State’s College of Public Health, and funded by the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation, Mobile Flashes unites Kent State students, faculty and staff with community healthcare partners to expand access to care in rural areas and disadvantaged neighborhoods across Summit, Portage, Stark and Wayne counties.A second Mobile Flashes student ...

Online final grading for Spring 2025 - POT 1 (Full-Term) began on Friday, May 2 and F3 (Third 5 Weeks), S5 (Second 6 Weeks), W2 (Second 7 Weeks) began on Thursday, May 1 via FlashFAST. Grading is also now available for any Spring 2025 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13. Any final grades for Spring 2025 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These Spring 2025 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, May 15.Submit Fina...

Kent State University Associate Professor of Geography Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., has studied the events of May 4, 1970, through the lens of a map maker.“On Prospect Street, Lilian Tyrrell’s daughter comes home from kindergarten and asks, ‘Mommy, is there a war on?’ There was, of course, just not in Kent,” Mapes told the audience that filled the Kent Student Center Ballroom on May 2.“On Stow Street bridge, a National Guard checkpoint keeps high school student Diane Williams from going home after attending Chippewa Lake Appreciation Day,” Mapes continued. “At the corner of Main and Water, 12-year-o...

It may seem like a simple question: What does peace look like?  But the answers can be profoundly different depending on who is asked.“Everybody’s not fighting. Everybody's okay. And everybody is chill with each other,” is how 15-year-old Ka’Tavion Coleman of Malvern, Ohio, describes it.  Ka'Tavion Coleman, 15, left, works on an early version of the peace mural project.“I think peace means no wars, no conflict. It's nice out. It's a calm environment. There's no chaos going around. That's what I think peace is,” said Chase Jackson, 18, of Navarre, Ohio.For 19-year-old Ella Mayton of C...

Undergraduate geology student Bryce Stoltz is combining his passion for earth sciences, fieldwork and the physical nature of geology into hands-on research. What began as a spark in a high school environmental sciences class has led to Stoltz contributing to important environmental research. His work sheds light on early Earth environments, as well as the possibility of life on Mars. Now finishing up his junior year at Kent State, Stoltz is working with new faculty member Courtney Wagner, Ph.D., and David Singer, Ph.D., to find and analyze magnetotactic bacteria within acid mine drainage ...

 Bridget Mulvey, PhD (left) and David Singer, PhD (right).In an inspiring initiative that blends education, environmental science, and community outreach, the Local Environment-Based Authentic Discovery (LEAD) project is transforming how students in Akron public schools engage with science. A 2019 Seed Grant from the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI) brought together Kent State faculty Drs. Bridget Mulvey (School of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Studies) and David Singer (Department of Earth Sciences) in a new collaboration. The pair created and facilitated ...

 Autism Acceptance Month takes place every April to help people understand and accept people with autism.Dr. Lisa Audet, the Neurodiversity Research Initiative director, which works to advance research in the area of neurodiversity, said she hopes the Kent community takes the time to understand people with autism instead of relying on preconceived judgments.Cultivating an acceptance on-campus communityStudent Accessibility Services Director Amanda Feaster said the Kent State community can support autistic individuals by “embracing the idea that there is no ‘normal.’“Different behavio...

The Choose Ohio First Poster Conference was held Sunday, April 13 in the Kent State Student Center, where students pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or medicine presented posters explaining their research and work related to their field. Presenting students from Kent State University, Cleveland State University, Case Western Reserve University, Youngstown State University, and John Caroll University are all recipients of the Choose Ohio First scholarship..Jenya Soprunova, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and lead organizer of the ev...

Portage Park District Foundation Annual AwardsPortage Park Distric Foundation's 27th Annual Environmental Conservation Awards Dinner was held on Saturday, April 26, 2025.  Watch the video of the award recipients!Portage2025 Awardees:Lifetime Achievement: Sally KandelEnvironmental Activism: Eric GorczynskiEnvironmental Education: Todd & Ann CartnerEnvironmental Education: Kim PeaseEnvironmental Stewardship: "Throw N Go" ProgramGreen Business: Bell Tower Brewing Co.Kent Environmental Council Edith Chase Award for Conservation: Bob "RC" WilsonVolunteer of Distinction: Judi...

Many students end their high school career anxious about what comes next. For those with food allergies, that anxiety can feel even more intense.The transition from high school to college not only means figuring out how to safely eat, but also how to navigate large social events that center around food.“Students who are required to live on campus are also required to have a meal plan, in part because we don’t have full kitchen facilities in every residence hall,” said Amanda Feaster, Director of Student Accessibility Services. “However, accommodations through SAS might include a reduction in t...