Arts & Culture
‘This is Going to be My Crunch Time Right Now’
A soon-to-be ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ graduate has had a busy semester preparing for the School of Fashion's Annual Fashion Show and job hunting after graduation.
IN A FLASH: Replicating Ancient Artifacts with Modern Tech
Students in ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ's School of Art had the opportunity to use modern methods to recreate an ancient Chinese wine vessel.
IN A FLASH: Cemetery Calling
Cemetery Calling, the newest play by ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ alumni and staffer Eric Mansfield premiered in Cleveland earlier this year. Another of Mansfield's plays, Trial by Fire, will be performed on campus in Fall 2024.
¾«¶«Ó°Òµ School of Fashion To Induct Fashion Designer Dame Zandra Rhodes Into Hall of Fame
¾«¶«Ó°ÒµSchool of Fashion at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University is pleased to announce British designer Dame Zandra Rhodes as the 2024 Hall of Fame Inductee.
Eclipse Poetry: ¾«¶«Ó°ÒµConvergence of Science and Art
An event like the total solar eclipse observed in Kent on April 8 can help to shake up our lives from the mundane. Poetry can work in the same way, said Chris Wick, son of Walt Wick, one of the founders of ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University’s Wick Poetry Center.
Flash of Darkness: ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Celebrates Total Eclipse of the Sun
It was a party 218 years in the making.
¾«¶«Ó°Òµthousands of people who came to ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in Kent, Ohio since 1806.
¾«¶«Ó°ÒµFestival of Love, Colors and Spring
In late March, groups of Indian students on campus celebrated the popular and significant Hindu festival of Holi.
IN A FLASH: Campus Reflections
A student photographer for KentWired captured atmospheric images of "A Night Out" on the Kent Campus.
A Closer Look at ‘Graphic Content’
Alison Caplan, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, provides an up close look at some of the items in the center's "Graphic Content: ¾«¶«Ó°ÒµComics of May 4" exhibition. She also share stories about the art and the artists that created it.
IN A FLASH: Dressing up for Downs
Dress Up for Downs, a ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ student organization recently held its 8th annual fashion show fundraiser . ¾«¶«Ó°Òµevent, themed "Hollywood Heroes," featured a runway show with designs by ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ fashion design students and raised over $3000 for the Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio.