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Kent State won the food waste category in the Campus Race to Zero Waste national competition.

Â鶹´«Ã½ earned first-place honors in the annual Campus Race to Zero Waste, a nationwide college campus recycling competition.

Kent State Graduate Yun "Mi Mi" Khaing

As a young refugee, Yun "Mi Mi" Khaing, a recent Â鶹´«Ã½ graduate, has not only overcome significant challenges during her time in the United States, but she’s also helping others in similar circumstances.

1st Lt. Ashley White

Kent State alumna 1st Lt. Ashley White has left behind a far-reaching legacy for her trailblazing military service.

College of Podiatric Medicine Spring 2024 Commencement


Ready to serve the community from the ground up, Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s College of Podiatric Medicine welcomed 88 new graduates in its spring Class of 2024.

Police Academy now in Twinsburg

Â鶹´«Ã½ hopes to address the police officer shortage by expanding its police academy to Twinsburg, Ohio, this fall. 

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Author, attorney and former South Carolina state lawmaker Bakari Sellers, in a recent interview with NPR, questioned whether the country has learned the lessons of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Â鶹´«Ã½.

Spring Commencement 2024

Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at Kent State as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates. 

Karamu 2024

Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración De Los Graduados is an annual tradition celebrating all of Kent State's graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students.

May 4 Commemoration 2024

This year's May 4 Commemoration remembered the fallen and recognized the spirit of activism that is part of Kent State's history and the university's foundational values. 

Dean Kahler, shot and paralyzed on May 4, 1970, rings the Victory Bell at the 54th Commemoration of the shootings.

Against the backdrop of a new generation of student activism, the Kent State community gathered to reflect and remember the student protesters killed and wounded on May 4, 1970.