Kent State University News

Canal fever once was a fearsome malady, with workers dying of typhoid, cholera and smallpox while digging the canal.

Kent State University has been named a designated Training Facility of the National Institutes of Health's National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program , becoming only the second facility in the country to receive this designation.

Following a month-long investigation in which undercover agents bought heroin from a Streetsboro man, the Portage County Drug Task Force arrested that man and an accomplice during an operation on the Kent State University campus.

KENT, Ohio -- Michael Barrett Jr. and his friends were winding down from a typically busy Halloween night in Kent.

Rich in opportunity, strong in affordability, and home to world-class schools, Ohio is first choice among many nurses for establishing lifelong careers.

Ignorance used to be bliss. Yet somewhere along our evolution as a society, we all went ape.

At least one Kent City Council at-large seat will change come January no matter what happens during Tuesday's election.

Most Americans who are old enough remember where they were Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked the United States, killing more than 3,000 people in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Western Pennsylvania.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recognizes the issue of abandoned coal mines stretches across much of Northeastern Ohio.

ICAP Ocean Tomo , a unit of ICAP Plc , announced today it has been engaged to exclusively license an intellectual property portfolio developed by researchers at the world-renowned Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University.

Just what will become of the Ravenna High School on Main Street once the new facility on North Chestnut Street is completed? That is the $1.3 million question, and the topic of rumors and speculation around town.

If Kent's civic leaders are betting on the city's economic resurgence, then the big money is on plans for a shared-use transit center to jump start an additional $105 million in redevelopment projects.

Kent State University, the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce and the Salem News sponsored a forum for city, Perry Township and Salem City school district candidates at the KSU City Center Monday.

A debate over the fate of casino gambling in Ohio attracted about 100 people to a forum on Issue 3 at Kent State University's Student Center Monday evening.

When Carol Cartwright retired as president of Kent State University in 2006, she never expected that two years later she would be at the helm of another university.

The Partnership for the Minority Business Accelerator , a consortium of Akron Urban League, Akron SCORE and Kent State University, has completed the mentoring program for its first group of minority-owned businesses.

Information about the H1N1 flu, known as the swine flu, changes almost daily, County Health Commissioner Ray Saporito said, making educating the masses about the highly contagious pandemic flu difficult.

GLENN Beck is America's favorite rodeo clown. He used to be one. His critics keep sneering about it.

Trick or Treat for communities in Portage County will take place this year on the following dates and times.

We've all seen the news reports. Over the last few years, the cost of a college or university education has skyrocketed, creating a dilemma for countless students and their parents.