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WKSU has been chosen to participate in the Knight News Match, a challenge-grant program administered by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation that acknowledges the station’s value as a trusted news source. The foundation will match all individual donations in amounts up to $1,000 made to WKSU now through Jan. 19. The grant will be capped at $25,000. WKSU is one of 57 nonprofit news organizations selected for the Knight News Match, which was launched in an effort to counter the effects of “fake news” and unchecked misinformation on social media and beyond. WKSU is using this opportun...

�鶹��ѡ will hold its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year’s theme is “Testament of Hope: Past, Present and Future of Diversity.” The keynote speaker for the event is David Anderson, D.Phil. He is founder and president of the BridgeLeader Network (BLN), one of the world’s leading authorities on building bridges across the deep divides of race, faith, culture and wealth. Anderson’s work has brought hope and healing to communities, families and people in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Am...

Find out why �鶹��ѡ is a destination for adult and student veterans.           ...

�鶹��ѡ at Salem held its fall Undergraduate Research Conference, an event that recognizes students for their research and allows them to share what they learned through discussions with the academic staff. The conference is open to all undergraduates in any discipline and any for-credit course on any �鶹��ѡcampus. Faculty judges evaluate the presentations based on originality, significance, evidence of learning about the research and information-gathering process, and overall quality. Ernie Freeman, Ph.D., director of the School of Biomedical Science on the Kent Campus, w...

Join colleagues, students, alumni, donors and community members on Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center) to cheer on our Golden Flashes as �鶹��ѡAthletics launches its new branding and a whole new gameday experience. The new gameday activities and additions will be unveiled at the �鶹��ѡmen’s and women’s basketball games. Faculty and staff will have access to free tickets to the games, while supplies last. The men’s basketball game, Toledo vs. Golden Flashes, begins at 7 p.m. The women’s basketball game, Toledo vs. Golden Flashes, begins a...

Please join us for the annual Neuroscience Symposium on Sex Differences in the Brain.  Registration is now open for the KSU 5th Annual Neuroscience Symposium. April 6th-7th! /neuroscience ...

As a community resource officer for �鶹��ѡ Police Services, Tricia Knoles has seen, heard and experienced it all - the good and the bad. Over time, the wide range of stressors on the job can take its toll. Although the consequences may not be immediately recognized, they do accumulate throughout an officer’s career. “We are so used to helping people and giving to other people, we are not taking care of ourselves like we should be,” Knoles said.                      &nbs...

If you could name your price for items ranging from food to music and shows, how much would you pay? It is a concept that some establishments, such as Panera Cares cafés in St. Louis and Boston, use to help feed customers who cannot afford to pay.  The café lists suggested donations next to each meal, but it is up to customers to pay-what-they-want. According to True Viral News, a number of different factors influence how much a customer will spend when given a choice. One factor includes social norms.  Jennifer Wiggins, Ph.D., associate professor in �鶹��ѡ’s Colleg...

If surviving cancer is not difficult enough, too often depression can follow - under certain circumstances. A new study led by Vinay K. Cheruvu, Ph.D., biostatistician in �鶹��ѡ’s College of Public Health, found that depression in some cancer survivors is linked to both care and financial concerns. In Cancer Today, Cheruvu says that there are ways to reach out to survivors who are depressed. “Screening, ideally at the time of diagnosis, is the necessary first step,” Cheruvu said. The problem is “physicians often don’t conduct these screenings.” In addition, he says, “both patie...