Published in The KentStater.com September 24, 2026 issue by student reporter Quinn Schafer.
“You can’t assume the work is done,” a disability rights advocate and attorney told Kent State students and faculty during the University Libraries’ Constitution Day Celebration.
The Sept. 17 Constitution Day Celebration featured Katie Hunt Thomas, a disability rights attorney at the Ability Center of Greater Toledo.
Kent State students no longer need to wrestle with multiple sites or browser tabs to look up books, check due dates or request materials from any academic library. The launch of a new mobile app connected to the statewide OhioLINK library system brings Kent State University’s library services directly to students’ phones.
Kent State researchers are gaining attention for their study of how the popular roadway feature affects pedestrians
Kent State University seeks proposals for the prestigious annual Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture, part of a series that aims to advance scholarship on the events of May 4, 1970, and the Vietnam War era. Now in its fifth year, the lecture series provides a significant platform for researchers to share their work with the Kent State community and beyond during the university's annual May 4 Commemoration.
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On Nov. 19 and 20, the Kent State University Press held its second Annual Book Sale on the first floor of the Kent State University Library. The sale offered books published by the Press for just $5. Poetry, history and nature books, among many other genres, were offered.
Mary Young, the assistant director and editorial manager at the KSU Press, helped set the sale up and assisted shoppers. Young said she loves books.
“Any time you open up a book, you can learn about different people in different worlds,” she said.
The Student Multimedia Studio is a resource located on the first floor of the Kent State Library and provides multimedia equipment and support for students.
There are several amenities offered within the studio: 3D printing machines, an audio recording booth, video editing software and a podcast room.
The podcast room is a miniature studio that features a mixer and recorder, four podcast microphones, two studio headphones and a Windows desktop computer.
About 238 years ago, the Founding Fathers signed the document that would eventually become the law of the land. To commemorate Constitution Day, the University Libraries offered educational programs and invited a featured speaker Sept. 17, 2025.
Located in the Harrick Garden Room, the event program tackled equal protection under the law, focusing on collegiate athletics and the 14th Amendment as it relates to Title IX.
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