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Geoff Koby, Ph.D., professor of Translation Studies and German, certified freelance translator and president of the American Translators Association (ATA), said artificial intelligence is inescapable in translation and interpretation now. 

Hundreds packed Crawford Hall Friday night to see the best in fashion in support of the �������� School of Fashion's Annual Awards Fashion Show. 

It may seem like a simple question: What does peace look like?  

But the answers can be profoundly different depending on who is asked.

If you look into the stands of the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center during a �������� women's basketball game, you’ll find a mother-daughter pair of students from Brazil cheering with all their might. Five thousand miles from home, Hetty and Fernanda have found new activities and friends in the United States.

An Alternative Spring Break journey to historic civil rights sites in Mississippi by �������� students and faculty touched hearts and inspired community engagement. The six-day/five-night trip in March 2025 was sponsored by ��������’s Office of Community Engaged Learning. 

Meet Aislinn Foran, a senior communication studies major with a focus in applied communication and a minor in public relations from Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. With a heavy involvement in the Her Campus at �������� (HCKSU) chapter, Foran contributed to creating a welcoming environment for all members. 

“Men On Boats,” presented by students in ��������’s School of Theatre and Dance, opened on April 18 and will finish its run with a final performance on April 27. The play is a comedy, telling the story of John Wesley Powell’s 1869 expedition down the Grand and Colorado Rivers with nine amateur explorers.

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor of psychology at ��������, discussed what burnout is and gave a few tips on how to identify and deal with burnout on WBUR's Here and Now.

The Integration Bee, presented by  ��������'s Department of Mathematical Sciences, invited students to enjoy fun math-themed competitions and activities along with fun costumes, pizza and math-oriented jokes and puns.

From mornings at Tree City Coffee to late nights at Barflyy, ��������’s community has plenty of food and entertainment options thanks to the help of Main Street Kent, now a Nationally Accredited Main Street program for 2024.

While more than 90% of Ohio’s wetlands have vanished over the past few centuries, a new nature docuseries aims to show there is hope — and a lot of work being done to protect what remains.

Get ready to wear the legacy of ��������’s legendary black squirrels.

On March 18, a watery landing by NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore ended an unexpected nine-month stay in space. Two �������� professors walk us through the out-of-this-world impact that an extended stay away from gravity can have on the human body.

�������� President Todd Diacon was among the people who attended  the semi-annual report presentation by the student organization Golden Flash Asset Management in Crawford Hall. Students in this group learn about investing by managing a real portfolio, gaining valuable career experience.

Since 2009, Golden Flashes have come together to volunteer for our blue and gold communities around the world. What was once a day of service is now a weeklong initiative, offering even more ways to give back. 

As part of  ��������’s 55-Year Commemoration of May 4, 1970, Mahli Mechenbier, a senior lecturer at �������� at Geauga's Twinsburg Academic Center will present “Operation: Babylift: A 50-Year Retrospective and Personal History” on May 3 at 1 p.m. with her father, retired Maj. General Ed Mechenbier. Mahli Mechenbier was one of the children from Vietnam the U.S. Government brought to the United States for adoption by American families by  after Saigon was overun by advancing Viet Cong troops in 1972. 

Meet Lance Delisle, a junior aeronautical studies major with an aviation law and policy minor from Woodstock, Georgia, who balances his studies with his responsibilities as an Air Force reservist.

�������� President Todd Diacon recently addressed multiple challenges facing the university with the Akron Beacon Journal, including the $1.5-$2 million cost of implementing Senate Bill 1, budget constraints from capped tuition increases, and enrollment declines. 

��������’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute will present 15 awards to alumni and academics who have served or trained at the institute as part of its 60th anniversary celebration April 25-26.

A significant fire broke out at the Teatro Universitário (TUCA) of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) in Curitiba, Brazil on April 15. ��������’s American Academy program operates on the PUCPR campus as part of the dual-enrollment partnership established between the two institutions in 2018.