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��㴫ý Assistant Professor Roseann “Chic” Canfora, who was an eyewitness to the Kent State shootings, is remembering singer David Crosby for his commitment to making sure that the events of May 4, 1970, would always be remembered.  Crosby, founding member of the band Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, died Thursday at age 81.  The band’s song, “Ohio” with its haunting refrain of “four dead in Ohio” has become the unofficial anthem of the Kent State shootings and for student activism then and now. Four Kent State students were killed and nine wounded when the Ohio Na...

My name is Jon Evanick. I am a sophomore majoring in Public Health with a minor in Economics and I plan on graduating in the spring of 2025. During my first year at Kent State, I lived in one of the Tri Towers – Koonce Hall. The number of friends I met in the elevator shocked me. The students here are easy to talk to and I guarantee you will build community in some of the most surprising places.  I never considered becoming a Resident Assistant (RA) until one of the residence hall directors recommended the position. I always trust the guidance of staff and faculty at Kent S...

Researchers from ��㴫ý and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center were recently awarded a two-year National Institute on Aging grant (1R21AG080216-01) for $625,478. Supported by the National Institutes of Health’s Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative funds, Dr. Melissa K. Edler, research assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Kent State, will investigate the effects of age and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology on neurotransmitter gene and protein expression in postmortem chimpanzee brains. Older apes experience mild decline in cognition and motor skil...