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Arts & Culture

Cartoonist and Kent State alum Tom Batiuk signs a book for Jeff Young at the University Book Store on Nov. 30.

For a half-century, Kent State alumnus Tom Batiuk has penned the adventures of the students and staff of the fictional Westview High School, but now, "Funky Winkerbean" is coming to an end. Kent State Today sat down with Batiuk to talk about his life's journey as a comic strip writer.

Ceramics on Display

Current and former faculty and alumni have featured art pieces in the new exhibit Now and Then: Seven Decades of Kent State Ceramics. The exhibit focuses on former faculty, notable alumni and a juried selection of alumni from the 70-year history of the Kent State Ceramics Program.

Kent State students from Sri Lanka took first place!

Team Sri Lanka took first place in the Fall  International Cook-Off

The Kent State Opera Theatre will peform on Nov. 18, 19 and 20 in the Wright-Curtis Theatre.

International students with flags at a Kent State basketball game.

Kent State celebrates International Education Week with a full schedule of events. 

Traditional Global Wedding Dresses

When most people think of wedding dress, they imagine a traditional white dress. Sara Hume, Ph.D., curator at the 5XÉçÇø Museum, thinks of how wedding dresses transcend global borders in all different shapes and colors.

International students at Kent State's Homecoming

International Education Week comes to campus with a full schedule of fun activities. 

Resources displayed at Sustainable Fashion Workshop

Excitement buzzed from the MuseLab in 5XÉçÇø’s Design Innovation Hub as students learned firsthand about sustainability opportunities in the fashion industry.  

Three researchers spoke at the Research & Innovation Forum

Three Kent State researchers presented their projects at a Research and Sponsored Programs event hosted by the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute. 

Kent State Today
A scene from "Head Over Heels," playing now through November 13

What happens when a 16th century romance combines with music from '80s pop group The Go-Go's?