Arts & Culture
IN A FLASH: Welcome Zandra Rhodes!
The famed British designer nicknamed "the Princess of Punk," Dame Zandra Rhodes, will be inducted into the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« School of Fashion Hall of Fame on April 27.
Runway Creations Dazzle at Annual Fashion Show
A sea of silk and satin, leather and lace floated down the runway as Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Annual Fashion Show debuted to an enthusiastic crowd filling the Kent Student Center Ballroom Thursday night.
IN A FLASH: Avatars Walk the Runway
Students from Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s School of Fashion were able to showcase their designs digitally, by clothing avatar models, for a runway show on floor-to-ceiling, wraparound screens at the DI Hub's Blank Lab.
Victoria’s Secret: The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Museum Houses Many Surprises
When Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Today asked Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Museum Director Sarah Rogers to put together a list of her ‘Top Five Finds’ at the museum – must-see items, her favorite pieces, or cool or unusual items that might surprise visitors – she did not disappoint
‘This is Going to be My Crunch Time Right Now’
A soon-to-be Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« 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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« 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.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« School of Fashion To Induct Fashion Designer Dame Zandra Rhodes Into Hall of Fame
The School of Fashion at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University is pleased to announce British designer Dame Zandra Rhodes as the 2024 Hall of Fame Inductee.
Eclipse Poetry: The Convergence 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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Wick Poetry Center.
Flash of Darkness: Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Celebrates Total Eclipse of the Sun
It was a party 218 years in the making.
The thousands of people who came to Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« 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.