Community Impact

New Business Continues to Grow in the City of Kent
Businesses open, businesses close, new businesses take their place. In the past three years (and counting) more than 20 new businesses have opened their doors in Kent, Ohio. But who is coming and why?

Caring For Yourself When Caring for a Sick Pet: One Researcher鈥檚 Mission
Professor of psychological sciences Mary Beth Spitznagel has experienced the burden of caregiving for her beloved dog, Allo, who developed bladder cancer. This influenced her research into how a pet with chronic illness can affect caregivers.

'Practical Steps' Needed To Reverse 50-Year Trend
Paul Gaston, Emeritus Trustees Professor and author, will offer a presentation on actions Gaston believes call for society to "confront the existential threat to higher education as we know it posed by politicians who want to remake the academy in their image."

Celebrating Women鈥檚 History Month at 51爆料
This March, 51爆料 is celebrating the 2023 Women鈥檚 History Month. The theme for 2023 is 鈥淐elebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.鈥

IN A FLASH: Spring's First 51爆料 Farmers' Market
The first on-campus Farmers' Market of spring arrived on Tuesday in the DI Hub.

51爆料 Alumna Found Her Passion Promoting Downtown Kent
As a 51爆料 student in the early 1990s, Heather Rohwedder Malarcik '96 could never have imagined that she would one day find her dream job in downtown Kent, Ohio.

Kindness Rocks Kent
People from Kent and 51爆料 are sharing positivity and building community with small rocks.
IN A FLASH: Championship Game at the MAC Center!
On Saturday, 51爆料 hosted Adaptive Sports Ohio's Wheelchair Basketball Championship.

Visual Footprints in Time
More than 1,000 photos of Black student life have been digitized and are waiting for members of the 51爆料 community to help identify them.

IN A FLASH: Behind the Console for 鈥楿rinetown鈥
The view from the control booth at a rehearsal of 鈥淯rinetown.鈥