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.

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.

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…

Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, May 12: Akron ends discount for recycling;DeWine delays reopening daycares;Akron plans to reopen pools,…

Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, May 7:KSU approves pay cuts, buyouts;UA consolidation plan won't cut programs for now;GOJO to open Stark…

Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, May 6:DeWine to cut $775M;Kent State trustees to discuss buyouts, budget cuts;Cuyahoga juvenile detention…