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A star-studded lineup of scientists will return to 5X���� on April 25-26 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute. The institute, formed in 1965, and its former directors, will welcome back numerous accomplished alumni to celebrate its past and look toward the future.Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., current director of the institute, said the event will celebrate the technology scientists are presently researching and the institute’s illustrious past.“Kent State is the world’s leading institution in the area of liquid crystal – not in Ohio,...

The New Foundation for Art History (NFAH) has selected Shana Klein, Ph.D., for a 2025 research fellowship.Founded in 2019, the New Foundation for Art History (NFAH) strives to serve the field in innovative ways that have been overlooked or underserved by existing institutions of its kind.Klein, associate professor of art history at 5X����, will use this fellowship to complete archival research and research in museum collections to complete her upcoming book: "Spoiled Milk: The Politics of Race and Motherhood in U.S. Art.” Klein’s second book will examine how pictures o...

   Representations of sine waves can be found inside and on the roof of the 5X���� Mathematical Sciences Building. Triangular and circular windows, grids, geometrical shapes, the numbering of rooms and offices and even a spiral representation of  the Greek "Golden Selection" illustrate mathematical concepts throughout the building, which was completed in 1993.   Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in a future Kent State Today post. Photos should be ...

My name is Ella McCloskey, and I’m a communication studies major with a human development and family sciences minor scheduled to graduate in the spring of 2027. When I first moved onto campus at Kent State, I faced some challenges. Throughout my life, I’ve severely struggled with anxiety and depression, and in the very first month of my freshman year, I was diagnosed with ADHD. I entered college as an undecided exploratory major. At first, I felt discouraged seeing people meet and bond over what they wanted to do for a career and the classes they were taking to get there. Then I realized ...