Kent State

"We Rate Covid Dashboards" is a group of public health and data analysts who grade university COVID-19 dashboards. The group gave Kent State an average rating of C+ for its effort to inform the college community of the prevalence of the virus during the pandemic.

It's a couple of weeks into the fall semester on Kent’s main campus. While some classes are being held in-person, in many ways the place feels empty and…

Updated: 5:35 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 Summit County has dropped from coronavirus alert Level 3, or red, down two levels to Level 1, or yellow, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday during his regular virus briefing. But more counties are moving up from Level 1 to Level 2, and in the case of Portage County, the increase in COVID-19 cases has taken the county up from Level 2 to Level 3.

It's move in week for many Kent State students. But as students and faculty get ready for in-person classes to start next week, some universities across…

For months, college football adminstrators and universities expressed cautious optimism on their ability to play safely in the coranaviris…

A Kent State student has filed a class action lawsuit against the university for not fully refunding tuition and fees after in-person classes were…

Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, June 4: 1,600 COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes;Canton reviews police response to protests;100 march through…

Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, June 2:Sykes: Racism is a public health emergency;Chapel Hill Mall theft, Summit Mall closedCleveland protest…

Here are your morning headlines for Friday, May 29:Columbus protests over George Floyd turn violent;Kent State proposes freshman tuition hike;Law…

Ohio college students just finished a spring semester that was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. In early March, schools stopped in-person classes…