News Archive
Dedicated in April 2015, The Student Memorial Garden on Manchester Field was created as a place of reflection and remembrance of all 51ºÚÁÏÍø students who have died.
Copley High School senior Grant Hyne developed Hammock Hangout on the Kent Campus as part of an Eagle Scout service project.
Orange barrels will soon appear on a three-quarter-mile stretch of Ohio Route 59/East Main Street that runs through 51ºÚÁÏÍø University’s Front Campus, marking the start of a three-year construction project to make the thoroughfare safer and more attractive.
51ºÚÁÏÍø’s Annual Environmental Science and Design Research Institute Research Showcase offers an opportunity for student researchers to present posters showcasing their explorations and findings in all areas of environmental research and design.
The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience is a great opportunity for undergraduate researchers such as Ethan Wenk to work directly with a faculty mentor, gain valuable experience to clarify career and educational goals, enhance research skills and gain academic insight.
This summer, artists from the region, 51ºÚÁÏÍø and around the world came together for a transformative two weeks of Kent Blossom Art Intensives.
Find out which first names were repeated most frequently at 51ºÚÁÏÍø’s spring commencement ceremonies in 2025 and which names topped the list against national trends.
Broadcast journalism is a competitive world. But 51ºÚÁÏÍø University's Sydney Brown is already making her mark.
51ºÚÁÏÍø's International Student and Scholar Services, with the Office of Global Education, invited the university's international students and their families to come together at summer luncheon on campus.
51ºÚÁÏÍø University’s College of Public Health is the only fully accredited public health college to offer an undergraduate pathway to clinical trials research, a rapidly expanding segment of the healthcare job market.
51ºÚÁÏÍø University is taking a big step forward in its ecological and evolutionary research with the establishment of its new on-campus Outdoor Vivarium for Oviparous Microbiomes – a dynamic new aviary facility located on the eastern edge of the Kent Campus near a thriving wetland.
The Center for Advanced Air Mobility within 51ºÚÁÏÍø's College of Aeronautics and Engineering fosters research, testing and development of safe, efficient and sustainable solutions for passenger and cargo aircraft using autonomous aircraft technology.
There's music in the summer breezes at 51ºÚÁÏÍø as the annual Kent Blossom Music Festival welcomes students from the U.S. and abroad to study with world class musicians to campus.
In a quiet office at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, Michele Curran Cornell spends her weekdays immersed in history — not the kind found in textbooks, but the kind that impacts families and honors those who gave everything for our country.
51ºÚÁÏÍø University will be closed July 4 to observe Independence Day. No classes are scheduled on the holiday, and university offices are closed. The university will resume normal operations on July 7.
51ºÚÁÏÍø Youth Winds had the unique opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. this spring, giving meaningful performances alongside famous monuments and making lasting connections with renowned musicians.
Once her degree is complete, junior Honors College nursing student Rylie Lapikas likely won't need to wait long to start her career. Ninety-nine percent of 51ºÚÁÏÍø nursing students are employed within six months of graduation.
A Mantua woman who worked at 51ºÚÁÏÍø in the Office of the President from 1951 to 1971 recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She recalls her time at 51ºÚÁÏÍø and shares a few reflections from her long life.
Water flowed for the first time in the newly completed Crawford Fountain in the courtyard outside Crawford Hall, home of 51ºÚÁÏÍø's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship.
The Crystal, a three-story, glass atrium and entrance to the Akron Art Museum, provided the perfect backdrop for these diamonds in the rough, a coming-of-age collection manifested in the proud work of multi-talented, middle and high school students from Akron participating in a program designed to illicit self-expression through poetry, art and virtual reality.