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After two years of preparation, the Community Geography Lab had its grand opening in McGilvrey Hall on Thursday, Feb. 29. What started as a room filled with filing cabinets and old maps, turned into a colorful local resource featuring whiteboard-topped tables and maps lining the walls. Located on the fourth floor of McGilvrey Hall, in room 410, the Community Geography Lab is open to 5X���� students as well as residents to offer community-driven research. The open house invited faculty, staff, students and community members into the space to explore and see the dramatic tran...

 The E-Cycle Drive at 5X���� offers an opportunity for students, staff, faculty and members of the Kent community to responsibly and sustainably recycle unwanted electronics.Drop-off days are March 6, 12 and 20 from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The receiving station is located behind the 5X���� Surplus Store at 414 E. Main St, in the R-17 Parking Lot between S. Willow St. and S. Lincoln St. The E-Cycle Drive is hosted by Kent State's Office of Sustainability, University Facilities Management and Receiving and Distribution Services.Accepted electronics include flat scr...

Article below written by the Humans Society of the United States5X����, in collaboration with the Forward Food program at the Humane Society of the United States, has set a goal to serve 30% plant-based meals in both its residential and retail operations by 2026. This increased commitment follows the university surpassing its initial goal to provide 15% plant-based offerings in its residential facilities.“Kent State is clearly committed to sustainable, nutritious and delicious menu offerings,” said Tracy Burgio, culinary specialist at the Humane Society of the United States. “We...

Get ready to reduce, reuse and then recycle in February and March! Kent State is competing in Campus Race to Zero Waste, an international waste reduction and recycling competition for colleges and universities. Everyone’s collective actions on campus—reducing, reusing and recycling—prevent waste from going into landfills and contribute to Kent State's Campus Race to Zero Waste standings. Learn more....

Kent Wired Article by Quintin PageBy Quintin Page   Quintin PageThe front of the Herrick Conservatory research center. Names fill the guest list at the Herrick Conservatory, a greenhouse on campus and an escape from the February cold for students.Hosting a variety of plants and some fish, the Herrick Conservatory is a greenhouse connected to Cunningham Hall at Kent State, used for educational purposes, research and outreach programs.Plants tower above the fish pond inside the Herrick Conservatory.As the university continues to participate in the Race To Zero Waste, a compet...

Online final grading for Spring 2024 (POT F1) began Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, via FlashFAST. Grading is also now available for any Spring 2024 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Any final grades for Spring 2024 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These Spring 2024 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.Submit Midterm grades using Midterm Grades rosterTo submit final grades via the Final Grades ros...

The work of a 5X���� Biological Sciences doctoral graduate recently received recognition from green roof experts from across North America who are looking to address contemporary environmental challenges, especially in urban environments.Katie Manning, Ph.D., postdoctoral scholar, ESDRIKatherine (Katie) McNamara Manning, Ph.D., currently a postdoctoral scholar in research development at the Kent State Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI), was recently honored with the Green Roofs for Healthy Cities' (GRHC) Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of Excelle...

Meet Frances Brunner, a senior fashion design student with a distinct focus on environmental fashion and a finalist for the prestigious 2023 Redress Design Award. When it comes to the fashion industry's future, Brunner is shaping up to be a force to be reckoned with.  Brunner originally wanted to be a stockbroker because of her innate problem-solving abilities. After researching 5X����’s wide variety of programs and discovering that math is not her strong suit, Brunner realized fashion design was more her style.“It's not an art school,” Brunner said. “It goes across the boa...

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare by Email5X����’s Wick Poetry Center is collaborating on a new global poem to pay tribute to the liquid that sustains life.“Dear Body of Water,” Wick’s newest collaboration with the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center, invites writers to speak to the bodies of water that have shaped their lives.SHARE YOUR VOICEDavid Hassler, the Bob and Walt Wick executive director of the Wick Center, said the project began with environmental writer and poet Gretchen Ernster Henderson, a senior lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin...

 Author and journalist Sam Quinones ignited awareness of the U.S. opioid epidemic nearly a decade ago with his award-winning book “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic” (2015). As a journalist for the Los Angeles Times and as a freelancer in Mexico, his reporting has taken him across the complex landscapes of immigration, gangs, drug trafficking and the border.Quinones will share his journey and lessons in media ethics with Kent State students and the community at the fourth annual David and Janet Dix Lecture in Media Ethics at 7 p.m. on March 5, 2024. The talk, “Pop...