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“Neurofest 2024” took place on April 11 to celebrate current and former neuroscience students and their accomplishments. This event was organized by Dr. Wilson Chung, Director of the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, and was held in the BHRI lobby, located in the lower-level of ISB. The event was attended by undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty members.Dr. Chung first shared an update about the neuroscience major, followed by talks by recent alumni of the neuroscience major who shared their experiences and advice to the attend...

Three 51���� students were recognized among the best in collegiate journalism for the 2023-24 academic year, placing in the Hearst Journalism Awards competition.The Hearst awards are known as the “Pulitzer Prize of Collegiate Journalism,” and recognize outstanding student work in categories spanning writing, multimedia, audio, television and photojournalism. Alexandria Manthey, ‘24, 13th place in Television Competition II: NewsSenior journalism major Alexandria Manthey received recognition for her work on two stories about the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, ...

The 51���� alumni family will grow by about 5,200 new graduates as the university holds its spring commencement ceremonies. The accomplishments of the Spring Class of 2024 will be recognized with commencement ceremonies on May 9-11 and May 17. All of the commencement ceremonies will be livestreamed at www.kent.edu/commencement. In total, 5,182 degrees will be conferred this spring, consisting of 1,011 associate degrees, 3,092 bachelor’s degrees, 903 master’s degrees, 164 doctoral degrees and 12 educational specialist degrees.More than 3,000 of the graduating students have c...