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Matthew Williams and his fashion collections

Building a Winning Wardrobe: Teen Vogue LEGO Fashion Design Challenge

Imagine making a dress out of LEGO dots. Matthew Williams, a junior fashion design major at Kent State, is doing just that.

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Performing in the debut of “What We Learned While Alone: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic,’’ are: Bryce Evan Lewis, Eric Schmiedl, Tiffany Trapnell and Dan Telford, stage manager.

‘Dear Vaccine’ Enjoys Stage Debut at National Academy of Sciences

The debut performance of took place in the auditorium of the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C., on Monday night. 

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Members of the Kent Indian Association and volunteers celebrate the Diwali festival of light on Sunday, Oct. 23 in the Kent State Ballroom.

Kent Indian Association Marks Diwali with Traditional Celebration

Several hundred Â鶹´«Ã½ students and friends attended the annual Diwali celebration at the Kent Student Center Ballroom Sunday evening.

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Winner of the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize Farnaz Fatemi (LEFT)

Womanhood and Sisterhood Are Focus for Iranian Poet

Winner of the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, Farnaz Fatemi, was invited to the Kiva auditorium on Oct. 20 to read select poems from her acclaimed book, “Sister Tongue.â€

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Actors Don Cheadle and Adam Driver in 'White Noise'

Going Hollywood! First Photos Released From Netflix Movie Filmed on Campus

Netflix has released a movie trailer and still photos, including a picture showing a scene in the Kent Student Center, from the upcoming feature film "White Noise," a movie that was filmed last year across Northeast Ohio, including scenes shot on the Kent Campus. 

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Kirk Magnus' Restored Murals

Late Kent State Professor’s Legacy Lives On Through Oral History By Students

The late Kirk Mangus was an art professor at Â鶹´«Ã½ renowned for his ceramic art, sculpture, drawings, paintings and murals.

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2022 Rainbow Run 5K

Annual Rainbow Run Brings LGBTQ+ Community Together Despite Rain

“Best Rainbow Attire,†“Best Rainbow Pet†and best personal records were all tracked at this year’s 7th Annual Rainbow Run at Risman Plaza (and online) to raise money for the LGBTQ Emergency fund, a service that assists LGBTQ+ students in financial crises.

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Tony Hardin, the new director of the School of Theatre and Dance,

‘Kent State Values the Arts’ Says New School of Theatre and Dance Director

Tony Hardin grew up loving the arts, pursuing a career in scenic, lighting and projection design. Learn more about Hardin, the new director for the School of Theatre and Dance, as he answers these five questions.

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Beauty With a Birthmark at CDC outdoors

Family’s New Book Raises Awareness for Birthmarks

EHHS alumnus Erica Maxwell and her teenage daughter, Jessica Alexander, visited the Child Development Center to read from their newly published book, â€œBeauty With a Birthmark.â€

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