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Community Impact

A view from inside the DI Hub, over Winter Break.

The quiet of Winter Break has ended and classes for Spring Semester begin today.

Students in the Making Our Own Space (MOOS) program use power tools to fabricate both temporary and permanent improvements for local parks and vacant spaces. (Photo credit: Helen Liggett)

In an effort to expand racial and ethnic diversity in the design fields, 5XÉçÇø’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative created Making Our Own Space (MOOS), a design/build program for middle and high school students. The program introduces youth to opportunities in architecture, urban design and landscape architecture.

Instructor teaching a class in Twinsburg.

Faculty at Kent State's Regional Campuses teach courses tailored to community needs.

Plans from College of Architecture and Environmental Design students for redevelopment in the city of Warren.

Students from 5XÉçÇø’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design recently presented the city of Warren with a variety of plans for how the site of the town’s former St. Joseph Hospital can be reused. 

Student in distress, sitting on ground with hands on head.

College students expect themselves and their peers to deal with emails, assignments and exams. What they are not expecting is to find out that some of their classmates experience homelessness.

University Bookstore's Top Sellers

The 5XÉçÇø Bookstore is the perfect place for students to find exactly what they're looking for with its array of Kent State gear, books and electronics. But with all those choices in there, have you ever wondered what the top sellers are? We wondered, so we asked.

Ohio Magazine is featuring the city of Kent as one of its Best Hometowns 2022-23.

The November/December issue of Ohio Magazine featuring the city of Kent as one of its Best Hometowns for 2022-2023 is now available  

Court Gavel

Kent State professor of history, Elaine Frantz, provided historical insight to a recent Mississippi hate crime case.

Podcast Studio

Kent State is full of stories. You read them here every day and on pages across the university. You see them in video on social channels. Some continue taking advantage of storytelling with sound.

Nursing students learn about muscle structure at the Twinsburg Academic Center

Kent State’s College of Nursing offers programs on five of the university’s eight campuses.