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For 19 �鶹��ѡstudents, the 2025–2026 academic year was more than a series of classes, assignments, and exams. It was an opportunity to tackle real-world challenges, collaborate across disciplines, and turn ideas into action through the John and Fonda Elliot Design Innovation Student Fellows Program.Throughout the year, nineteen DI Fellows representing disciplines ranging from architecture and engineering to fashion design, visual communication design, business, biology, and computer science worked in interdisciplinary teams to address complex community, environmental, and societal challen...

For Dr. Mark Nowakowski, D.M.A., seeing his newest album rise to the top of Amazon’s Digital New Releases chart in Classical Music was a moment of gratitude more than surprise.“I hit refresh one evening, and there it was,” said Nowakowski, associate professor of music at �鶹��ѡ at Stark. “When this happened the first time several years ago with Metanoia, I was ecstatic. I was calmer this time, but certainly grateful that it had happened again.”Nowakowski’s newest release, The Seven Last Words of Christ, reached No. 1 in early June, adding another milestone to his accomplished ca...

 For more than 80 years, Bea Shaheen McPherson,’43, embodied what it means to be a �鶹��ѡalumna. Whether serving her country during World War II, advocating for the recognition of women cartographers, supporting the growth of Kent State’s School of Fashion and the �鶹��ѡ Museum or giving back to her community, Bea lived a life defined by service, generosity and purpose. Bea passed away April 17, 2026, at the age of 104, leaving a legacy that spans generations of students, alumni and community members. Just two years earlier, she returned to �鶹��ѡto receive t...

Welcome to AI Forward, Kent State's internal central hub for understanding and exploring artificial intelligence across our university. This site offers guidance on responsible AI use, showcases innovative applications in teaching, research, and administration, and connects you to tools, training, and community resources....

Campus CleanupIn May, a drone services company called Aero Velocity was on the Kent Campus to present a window-washing demonstration for �鶹��ѡ administrators and other local officials. The drones cleaned the exterior windows of Crawford Hall, and several other buildings on campus, demonstrating the increased efficiency, enhanced safety and costs savings that can be found in using drones for this type of maintenance service.Much like vehicles, buildings need regular maintenance to stay in top shape both aesthetically and to prevent degradation of building materials due to enviro...

For Mark Nowakowski, D.M.A., seeing his newest album rise to the top of Amazon’s Digital New Releases chart in Classical Music was a moment of gratitude more than surprise.“I hit refresh one evening, and there it was,” said Nowakowski, associate professor of music at �鶹��ѡ at Stark. “When this happened the first time several years ago with ‘Metanoia,’ I was ecstatic. I was calmer this time, but certainly grateful that it had happened again.”Nowakowski’s newest release, “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” reached No. 1 in early June, adding another milestone to his accomplished ca...

When �鶹��ѡunveiled plans for a proposed School of Fashion in Rwanda, the country's leading news outlets embraced the announcement as a milestone moment for Rwanda's creative economy — and for Africa's fashion industry as a whole.  Coverage in The New Times, Rwanda's largest English-language daily, IGIHE, one of the country's most widely read news platforms, and Taarifa, a Rwandan outlet focused on development and business, reflected both excitement and a clear sense of strategic purpose. Reporters framed the proposed �鶹��ѡ Rwanda not merely as a new institu...