Distinctive ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ
![Sun shining through the Star Sphere 2010 sculpture Sun shining through the Star Sphere 2010 sculpture](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20231101_BC_November_2023%20Feature_265.jpg?VersionId=Sc9cIiPKYTmnZtdbKoMCIplhH1olrLNq&itok=cSN2gnSD)
A photgrapher captured Earth's star shining through the Star Sphere 2010 sculpture near Franklin Hall.
![quark gluon plasma quark gluon plasma](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Quark%20Gluon%20Plasma.jpg?VersionId=9y8ndiYtmfRa7VNVm8g.G8dZtlsoMfjv&itok=naEA7DHK)
Supported by grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ physics professor Michael Strickland, Ph.D., and his team have developed the world’s leading approach to describe non-equilibrium evolution of highly relativistic systems.
![David Hassler, director of ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ's Wick Poetry Center, performs at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit. David Hassler, director of ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ's Wick Poetry Center, performs at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/349116522_1113098473426419_3163790242087012541_n-1%20hassler%20nobel.jpg?VersionId=Sn7aygUv5tFF8jbIWWYBNqpLX5IHPmZM&itok=IibuOtWd)
"Poetry and science are not opposites, they’re actually allies," said David Hassler, director of ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ’s Wick Poetry Center.
Hassler paraphrases American poet Jane Hirshfield, who, in 2017, contacted him to collaborate on a Poets for Science project, which is now an interactive exhibit and writing invitation housed at the Wick Poetry Center on the Kent Campus.
![¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ student filmmaker Aileen Joven ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ student filmmaker Aileen Joven](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/CIFF47_Day2_DefinePreview-00262.jpg?VersionId=rlq1I.ZJW6kwTgxhGYQ_B9Q3CXR54qr.&itok=clV799nB)
¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ connects with the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) to create opportunities for students.
![Pages from the 1983 Chestnut Burr showing the Valentine's Cabaret Pages from the 1983 Chestnut Burr showing the Valentine's Cabaret](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/MicrosoftTeams-image.jpeg?VersionId=5icFOvVS9NThQDug7Wk5WiWOKIn7o7tm&h=0d50045d&itok=xBu324Pc)
A look back at Valentine's Day at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ - 40 years ago.
![The Kent Opera Theatre](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/opera-83_0.jpg?VersionId=IbgfDYD4SjHE87utb1xXRJgKRjNEELPs&h=78aab1d8&itok=c_PwDwrI)
The ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ Opera Theatre will peform on Nov. 18, 19 and 20 in the Wright-Curtis Theatre.
![¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ hosted the GLSEN Northeast Ohio's Annual Fall Conference for the seventh consecutive year](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/IMG_9068.HEIC__0.jpg?VersionId=IWw_tr5mTlpRHVKSd7XeqchyCQYbnbiJ&h=613550ff&itok=pbS_ZNw4)
Students and faculty from 20 area high schools came to ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ for GLSEN Northeast Ohio's Annual Fall Conference.
![Sunlight and fall colors surround the home of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/20221024_BC_220455_International_004_0.jpg?VersionId=h1neQH0bE9DosX4rimaC5rC7KQdxjyJ9&h=10d202d3&itok=lA2swXGX)
Sunny days show off the peak fall colors on the Kent Campus.
![A drone's eye view of a foggy morning on campus](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/MicrosoftTeams-image_0.jpeg?VersionId=5s078fnPzkhhlCyKAZmuJyDC3Tcd7P8n&h=0d50045d&itok=3I_Rgt7p)
An early morning shroud of fog gave campus an entirely new look.
![A shadowy figure walks the hall on the second floor of the Kiva.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/20221028_BC_220426_October%20Feature%20Ghosts_009_0.jpg?VersionId=a9hgci.kj.DJuBFfUq_.K3FW5t9X9DXB&h=eb4b6aec&itok=40SkuUuc)
A ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ employee shares a strange experience he had on the second floor of the Kiva.