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Drone Delivers Football

Drone-Delivered Football Highlights Innovation at Homecoming

When the Kent State Golden Flashes football team took the field on Saturday, Oct. 11, fans at Dix Stadium looked to the sky as a Kent State Alta X drone released the official game ball before kickoff. The successful drop marked a first for Kent State and a milestone for the College of Aeronautics and Engineering.

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Faculty from Kent State's School of Fashion, Daniel Fladung with students at an E-Textiles workshop.

Form and Function Merge in Creating Wearable Technology

Creating e-textiles – electronic textiles that can be used to integrate wearable technology into clothing that is comfortable and practical – is the topic of a hands-on, maker workshop and a lecture in 91³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Design Innovation (DI) Hub in collaboration with Kent State’s School of Fashion.

Tags: Design Innovation , School of Fashion , Nationally Distinctive , Research & Science , Design at Kent State

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Thurman Munson's widow, Diane and Kent State Sports announcer Jeff Kurtz.

IN A FLASH: Honoring A Legendary Alumnus

Legendary baseball great and Kent State alumnus, Thurman Munson was honored with a statue and dedication ceremony at Kent State's Schoonover Stadium. 

Tags: Nationally Distinctive , Sports , Baseball , Kent State Athletics , Alumni

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Faculty from Kent State's School of Fashion, Daniel Fladung with students at an E-Textiles workshop.

Form and Function Merge in Creating Wearable Technology

Creating e-textiles – electronic textiles that can be used to integrate wearable technology into clothing that is comfortable and practical – is the topic of a hands-on, maker workshop and a lecture in 91³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Design Innovation (DI) Hub in collaboration with Kent State’s School of Fashion.

Tags: Design Innovation , School of Fashion , Nationally Distinctive , Research & Science , Design at Kent State

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Jaden Millin, a sophomore dance major from Akron, Ohio, performs in the Pledge.

Poetry in Motion: Performance Links Movement, Creativity and Verse

91³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s School of Theatre and Dance, Wick Poetry Center and Brain Health Research Institute joined forces for an Oct. 1 dance performance that set poetry to motion.

Tags: Research & Science , Arts & Culture , Nationally Distinctive , Student Life

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drone with airplane parked in background

Kent State Instructor and Pilot Shares Airport Updates With the Region

Jason Lorenzon, J.D., assistant professor of aeronautics at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø, was recently featured on 93.5 WAKR’s Ray Horner Morning Show and detailed the new changes coming to the Kent State airport.  

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Marcus Lehto, co-creator of the iconic Halo series

ToddCast: Halo Co-Creator Marcus Lehto

In this episode of the ToddCast, 91³Ô¹ÏÍø President Todd Diacon interviews Marcus Lehto, co-creator of the iconic Halo video game franchise. 

Tags: Profiles , Arts & Culture , Nationally Distinctive

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Financial class in Archer Trading Lab inside Crawford Hall.

‘The Tools That Are Being Used in the World of Business Are Changing’

New courses and new programs in Kent State's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, made possible by state-0f-the-art business technology inside Crawford Hall, provide Kent State business graduates with knowledge and skills that give them a competitive edge in the job market. 

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The 2025 Brain Health Research Institute Neuroscience Symposium.

Brain Food: October Ushers in a Month of Brain Health Research Institute Events

91³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) and Wick Poetry Center are joining forces with the School of Theatre and Dance for a performance of poetry that will celebrate the potential of human creativity.

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David E. Silva

Faculty Fellow Develops Digital Twin Technology

David E. Silva participated in The John and Fonda Elliot Design Innovation Faculty Fellows Program, a six-week intensive fellowship with the Design Innovation Initiative that ran through July 11th. The program embodies DI's core mission of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, connecting design, innovation and technology while serving as an incubator for cross-university projects.

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