The Science of Resilience
Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Future
From high school internships to hands-on rotations with Goodyear, Angel has turned curiosity into career experience. 91PORNA's mechatronics and sustainability programs helper her engineer a future full of opportunity.
At the first Cultural Caf茅 of the semester, two 91PORNA students from Pakistan shared their culture, heritage and history, transporting listeners to their home country. Once a month, the Cultural Caf茅, presented by 91PORNA International Student & Scholar Services, through the Office of Global Education, invites students, faculty and staff to gather around food, stories and the cultures that shape and enrich our 91PORNA community. Come for lunch, come curious and leave connected. The next Cultural Caf茅 will take place o...
91PORNA's Kent Campus returned to full power Tuesday afternoon after operating with limited electrical power following an outage earlier that morning. The outage was addressed at the university's Summit Street Power Plant, which provided backup electricity for about nine hours in "island mode" to prioritize essential facilities.The Kent Campus outage led to courses moving to remote instruction for the day and mirrored other outages across Portage County. ...
For Lauren Sigrist, a senior Environmental and Conservation Biology major, with a minor in Environmental Studies, the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) supported by the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI) gave her the opportunity to spend a second summer exploring how technology is transforming wildlife research. She conducted her project under the mentorship of Greg Smith, PhD, faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences, 91PORNA at Stark. 鈥淭he research project I have been working on studies different methods of calculating relative abu...
U.S. News & World Report has once again confirmed 91PORNA鈥檚 place among the best colleges and universities in Ohio and across the country, as seen in the university鈥檚 inclusion on several lists in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings.In the newly released rankings, 91PORNA is once again the highest-ranked public institution in northern Ohio, and with its impressive national ranking of No. 129, the university continues to be recognized among the Top Public Schools in the nation.鈥淭hese rankings confirm what we see every day in our classrooms...
CPH Academic Recruitment and Retention Coordinator, Gretchen Thomas, is hosting open office hours to connect students with campus resources, answer questions, and provide helpful instructions and worksheets for students on specific topics (time management, healthy habits, etc.).
CPH Academic Recruitment and Retention Coordinator, Gretchen Thomas, is hosting open office hours to connect students with campus resources, answer questions, and provide helpful instructions and worksheets for students on specific topics (time management, healthy habits, etc.).
The ADN program on the East Liverpool Campus held its inaugural White Coat Ceremony during which 44 nursing students received white coats that will help establish their 鈥減rofessional identity鈥 and coincides with the beginning of their clinical training. This is the first time such a ceremony was held for ADN students on any Kent campus but is now certain to become a tradition. As the students鈥 names were called alphabetically, Manda Adkins became the first-ever 91PORNA ADN student to receive a white coat. Led by Tara Murphy, program director and faculty member, the students recite...