Kent State University

Kent State University is a public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States, founded in 1910 as a normal school for teacher training and now one of the largest university systems in Ohio.肯特州立大学是美国俄亥俄州肯特市的一所公立研究型大学，1910 年以师范学校身份创办，现为俄亥俄州规模最大的大学系统之一。

Its main campus spreads over 866 acres in Portage County, and seven regional campuses extend its teaching across northeastern Ohio, together enrolling about 26,000 students.主校区位于波蒂奇县，占地 866 英亩，另有七个地区校区把教学延伸至俄亥俄州东北部，全部校区在校生约 26000 人。

The 2027 QS World University Rankings place it in the 1201-1400 band, while Times Higher Education ranks it 1001-1200, U.S. News 1,015th and the 2026 ARWU in the 701-800 band.2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将其列入 1201-1400 区间，泰晤士高等教育排名为 1001-1200，U.S. News 位列第 1015 名，2026 年软科排名位于 701-800 区间。

History

• In May 1910 the Ohio General Assembly established Kent State Normal School, acting on a campaign by local leaders who offered land and money to secure a teacher-training institution for northeastern Ohio.1910 年 5 月，俄亥俄州议会决定设立肯特州立师范学校，此前当地人士承诺提供土地与资金，为俄亥俄州东北部争取一所师资培训机构。
• The first classes met in 1912 in temporary quarters, and Kent Hall, the first permanent building, opened in 1913 on the hill that still forms the historic core of the campus.首批课程于 1912 年在临时校舍开课，第一座永久建筑肯特楼于 1913 年在山丘上落成，那里至今仍是校园的历史核心。
• The school was renamed Kent State Normal College in 1915, when it began offering four-year bachelor's degrees in education rather than two-year certificates.1915 年，学校更名为肯特州立师范学院，开始授予四年制教育学士学位，而不再只颁发两年制证书。
• In 1929 it became Kent State College and added liberal arts and science programmes, broadening its mission beyond teacher training as Ohio's public school system expanded.1929 年，学校升格为肯特州立学院并增设文理学科，随着俄亥俄公立学校体系扩张，其使命不再局限于师资培养。
• The Ohio legislature granted university status in 1935, and the institution took the name Kent State University as graduate work and professional programmes were added.1935 年，俄亥俄州议会授予大学地位，学校更名为肯特州立大学，并陆续增设研究生与专业课程。
• Postwar enrolment swelled under the GI Bill, and the university built new dormitories, laboratories and a student union through the late 1940s and 1950s.战后《退伍军人权利法案》带来入学潮，学校在 20 世纪 40 年代末至 50 年代陆续新建宿舍、实验室与学生活动中心。
• The 1960s brought another surge as the baby-boom generation entered college, and Kent State expanded its faculties of arts and sciences, education, business and journalism.20 世纪 60 年代婴儿潮一代进入大学，学校再度扩张，文理、教育、商科与新闻等学院随之壮大。
• In 1965 the university founded the Liquid Crystal Institute under the chemist Glenn H. Brown, a research unit that made Kent State a centre of liquid-crystal display science.1965 年，学校在化学家格伦·H·布朗主持下创办液晶研究所，这一研究机构使肯特州立大学成为液晶显示科学的中心之一。
• The institute's work on liquid crystals underpinned the development of flat-panel displays, and Kent State later claimed a role in the invention of the modern LCD screen.该研究所在液晶方面的成果为平板显示技术奠定基础，肯特州立大学后来被视为现代液晶显示屏发明的参与者之一。
• On 4 May 1970 Ohio National Guard troops fired on students protesting the Vietnam War and the invasion of Cambodia, killing four and wounding nine on the campus commons.1970 年 5 月 4 日，俄亥俄州国民警卫队在校园草坪向抗议越南战争与入侵柬埔寨的学生开枪，造成四人死亡、九人受伤。
• The dead were Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, and the shootings triggered a nationwide student strike and the closure of hundreds of campuses.遇难者为艾莉森·克劳斯、杰弗里·米勒、桑德拉·舍尔与威廉·施罗德，事件引发全国性学生罢课，数百所校园被迫停课。
• John Filo, a Kent State journalism student, photographed Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling over Jeffrey Miller, an image that won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography.肯特州立大学新闻系学生约翰·菲洛拍下玛丽·安·韦基奥跪在杰弗里·米勒身旁的照片，该作品获 1971 年普利策突发新闻摄影奖。
• The university closed the campus after the shootings and remained a flashpoint in American political memory, with annual commemorations held every 4 May since then.枪击发生后学校关闭校园，此事件长期是美国政治记忆中的焦点，此后每年 5 月 4 日都举行纪念活动。
• The May 4 Memorial, designed by Bruno Ast, was dedicated in 1990 on the site of the shootings, and the surrounding area was later landscaped as a quiet memorial ground.由布鲁诺·阿斯特设计的五·四纪念碑于 1990 年在枪击现场落成，周边后来辟为安静的纪念园地。
• The Kent State University Museum opened in Rockwell Hall in 1985, built around the fashion and decorative-arts collections of Shannon and Jerry Rogers.肯特州立大学博物馆于 1985 年在罗克韦尔楼开放，其核心是香农与杰里·罗杰斯夫妇捐赠的时装与装饰艺术收藏。
• Ohio created the University System of Ohio in 2007, aligning Kent State's eight campuses with a statewide framework for funding and transfer between institutions.2007 年俄亥俄州建立州立大学系统，把肯特州立大学的八个校区纳入全州统一的拨款与校际转学框架。
• In 2010 the site of the 1970 shootings was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and a visitors centre interpreting the events opened in 2013.2010 年，1970 年枪击现场列入美国国家史迹名录，解读事件的游客中心于 2013 年开放。
• The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine merged into Kent State in 2012, adding a school of podiatric medicine based in Independence, Ohio.2012 年，俄亥俄足病医学院并入肯特州立大学，学校因此在俄亥俄州独立城增设足病医学学院。
• The university marked its centennial in 2015 with the renovation of several historic buildings and a year of events recalling its 1910 founding.2015 年，学校迎来百年校庆，翻修多座历史建筑，并举办贯穿全年的活动回顾 1910 年建校历程。
• The Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute opened in 2017, consolidating the university's display, polymer and nanoscience research in a single building.2017 年，先进材料与液晶研究所大楼启用，把学校的显示、聚合物与纳米科学研究集中到一座建筑内。
• The 50th anniversary of the shootings in 2020 drew national attention and prompted the university to make the May 4 archive and oral histories permanently accessible online.2020 年枪击事件 50 周年引发全国关注，学校据此把五·四档案与口述史永久在线开放。
• The shootings led President Richard Nixon to appoint the Scranton Commission on campus unrest, which reported in September 1970 that the National Guard's firing had been unjustified, a conclusion that Ohio officials disputed and that later historians treated as the standard account of the episode.枪击事件促使尼克松总统设立斯克兰顿校园动荡委员会，该委员会于 1970 年 9 月发表报告，认定国民警卫队开枪缺乏正当理由；俄亥俄州官员对此表示异议，而后世历史学者多将其视为该事件的标准叙述。

Academics

• Kent State organizes teaching into colleges of arts and sciences, business, communication and information, education, health and human services, nursing, public health, podiatric medicine and architecture and environmental design.肯特州立大学的教学单位包括文理学院、商学院、传播与信息学院、教育学院、健康与人类服务学院、护理学院、公共卫生学院、足病医学学院以及建筑与环境设计学院。
• It also maintains a College of the Arts, a College of Aeronautics and Engineering, an Honors College and a Graduate College, and offers more than 300 degree programmes.学校还设有艺术学院、航空与工程学院、荣誉学院与研究生院，提供 300 多个学位项目。
• About 26,000 students are enrolled across the system, with roughly 20,000 on the Kent Campus and the remainder at the seven regional campuses and the podiatric school.全系统在校生约 26000 人，其中肯特主校区约 20000 人，其余分布在七个地区校区与足病医学院。
• The Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute carries on the 1965 research tradition, working on displays, organic electronics, sensors and lightweight composite materials.先进材料与液晶研究所延续 1965 年以来的研究传统，从事显示、有机电子、传感器与轻质复合材料研究。
• The Brain Health Research Institute, established in the 2010s, brings together neuroscientists, psychologists and clinicians to study ageing, addiction and neurodegenerative disease.脑健康研究所成立于 2010 年代，汇集神经科学家、心理学家与临床医生，研究衰老、成瘾与神经退行性疾病。
• The School of Media and Journalism trains reporters, editors and public-relations specialists, and its alumni include the photographer who won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize.媒体与新闻学院培养记者、编辑与公关人才，其校友中包括 1971 年普利策奖摄影得主。
• The Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising runs a New York studio and draws on the museum's collection of historic costume for teaching.香农·罗杰斯与杰里·西尔弗曼时装设计与营销学院在纽约设工作室，并以博物馆的历史服装收藏辅助教学。
• The College of Aeronautics and Engineering operates a flight-training programme based at Kent State University Airport in Stow, Ohio, and teaches aeronautical systems and engineering technology.航空与工程学院在俄亥俄州斯托的肯特州立大学机场开展飞行训练，并教授航空系统与工程技术。
• The College of Podiatric Medicine, one of a small number of accredited podiatry schools in the United States, trains foot and ankle surgeons at its Independence campus.足病医学学院是美国少数获认证的足病医学院之一，在独立城校区培养足踝外科医生。
• The College of Nursing and the College of Public Health share clinical placements with hospitals across northeastern Ohio and run community clinics in Portage and Cuyahoga counties.护理学院与公共卫生学院同俄亥俄州东北部多家医院共享临床实习点，并在波蒂奇与凯霍加县开设社区门诊。
• The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship offers MBA and executive programmes and runs a student-managed investment fund and a small-business consulting clinic.安巴塞德·克劳福德商业与创业学院开设 MBA 与高管项目，并设学生管理的投资基金与小企业咨询诊所。
• The College of Architecture and Environmental Design combines architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and construction management, with studios in Cleveland and Florence, Italy.建筑与环境设计学院整合建筑、室内设计、景观建筑与施工管理，并在克利夫兰与意大利佛罗伦萨设工作室。
• The College of the Arts houses the schools of art, music, theatre and dance, and its performing-arts centre hosts concerts, plays and dance productions throughout the year.艺术学院下设美术、音乐、戏剧与舞蹈等系，其表演艺术中心全年上演音乐会、戏剧与舞蹈作品。
• Kent State University Press, founded in 1965, publishes scholarly books on American history, Ohio regional studies, poetry and sports history, including the writings of major historians.肯特州立大学出版社创办于 1965 年，出版美国史、俄亥俄区域研究、诗歌与体育史学术著作，包括重要历史学家的作品。
• The Wick Poetry Center, established in the 1980s, runs readings, school programmes and a national contest that bring poets to northeastern Ohio each year.威克诗歌中心成立于 20 世纪 80 年代，每年举办朗诵、学校项目与全国竞赛，把诗人带到俄亥俄州东北部。
• International study is supported through Kent State's Florence programme, its Geneva and Shanghai partnerships and exchange agreements with universities in Europe, Asia and Latin America.学校通过佛罗伦萨项目、日内瓦与上海合作以及同欧洲、亚洲、拉美高校的交换协议支持海外学习。
• The University Libraries hold more than two million volumes and special collections on the May 4 shootings, local history, fashion and the history of the book.大学图书馆藏书逾 200 万册，另设五·四事件、地方史、时装与书籍史特藏。
• Kent State is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, and its professional schools hold separate accreditation: the business college with AACSB International, nursing with the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, architecture with the National Architectural Accrediting Board, and library and information science with the American Library Association.肯特州立大学获高等教育委员会认证，各专业学院另持独立认证：商学院获 AACSB 国际认证，护理学院获大学护理教育委员会认证，建筑专业获国家建筑认证委员会认可，图书馆与信息科学专业则获美国图书馆协会认证。
• The School of Information, part of the College of Communication and Information, offers an American Library Association-accredited master's degree and prepares librarians, archivists, school media specialists and information managers, while its faculty research digital curation, information literacy and public-library policy.信息学院隶属传播与信息学院，开设获美国图书馆协会认证的硕士项目，培养图书馆员、档案人员、学校媒体专家与信息管理人才，教师研究数字策展、信息素养与公共图书馆政策。

Campus

• The Kent Campus occupies 866 acres on a wooded hill in Kent, Ohio, about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland and 12 miles east of Akron, at approximately 41.15 degrees north and 81.36 degrees west.肯特主校区占地 866 英亩，位于俄亥俄州肯特市的林丘之上，距克利夫兰东南约 40 英里、阿克伦以东约 12 英里，坐标约为北纬 41.15 度、西经 81.36 度。
• Eight campuses make up the system, the Kent Campus plus Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, and the podiatric college sits in Independence.系统由八个校区组成，即肯特主校区与阿什塔比拉、东利物浦、吉奥加、塞勒姆、斯塔克、特兰伯尔、塔斯卡拉瓦斯校区，足病医学院另设于独立城。
• The Cuyahoga River runs through Kent below the campus, and the university's grounds include a golf course, nature trails and playing fields that open onto the surrounding countryside.凯霍加河在校园下方的肯特市区流过，校园还包括高尔夫球场、自然步道与通向周边乡野的运动场。
• The historic core around Kent Hall, Rockwell Hall and the University Library is listed in the campus master plan as a conservation area of early twentieth-century brick buildings.围绕肯特楼、罗克韦尔楼与大学图书馆的历史核心区，被校园总体规划列为 20 世纪初砖砌建筑的保护区。
• The May 4 Memorial and the May 4 Visitors Center in Taylor Hall form a permanent site of remembrance, with markers tracing the events of 4 May 1970.五·四纪念碑与设在泰勒楼的五·四游客中心构成永久纪念地，标识系统还原了 1970 年 5 月 4 日的事件进程。
• The Kent State University Museum in Rockwell Hall displays historic costume, textiles and decorative arts, and is a teaching collection for fashion and art-history students.位于罗克韦尔楼的肯特州立大学博物馆展陈历史服装、纺织品与装饰艺术，也是时装与艺术史学生的教学收藏。
• The Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center hosts basketball and commencement, Dix Stadium stages football and the Ice Arena supports hockey and public skating.纪念体育馆承办篮球赛与毕业典礼，迪克斯体育场举行橄榄球赛，冰上竞技场则用于冰球与公众滑冰。
• Residence halls range from the Tri-Towers and Eastway complexes to Centennial Court, and the Student Recreation and Wellness Center provides gyms, pools and climbing walls.宿舍包括三塔楼群、东威综合体与百年苑等，学生休闲与健康中心则提供健身房、泳池与攀岩墙。
• The university airport in Stow supports flight training and aviation research, and shuttle buses connect the Kent Campus with the regional campuses and downtown Kent.位于斯托的大学机场支撑飞行训练与航空研究，班车把肯特主校区与地区校区及肯特市中心连接起来。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Kent State is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a tied range rather than a single position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，肯特州立大学位列 1201-1400 区间，这是并列档而非单一排名。
• The 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings place it in the 1001-1200 band, the strongest position among the four main tables cited here.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列入 1001-1200 区间，是本文所引四大主榜中的最好位次。
• U.S. News ranks it 1,015th in the 2026-2027 Best Global Universities list, and the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities places it in the 701-800 band.在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学榜单中，学校位列第 1015 名，2026 年软科世界大学学术排名则将其列入 701-800 区间。
• OpenAlex records 45,555 works and 2,693,908 citations for the university, placing it among the larger public research producers in Ohio.OpenAlex 收录该校 45555 项成果、2693908 次引用，使其跻身俄亥俄州产出较多的公立研究型大学之列。
• Kent State is classified as a doctoral university with high research activity, and its sponsored research exceeds 50 million dollars a year across materials, health and education.肯特州立大学被归类为高研究活动博士型大学，其材料、健康与教育领域的受资助研究每年超过 5000 万美元。
• The university's liquid-crystal research is its best-known scientific contribution, and the display industry traces part of its foundation to work done at Kent State in the 1960s and 1970s.液晶研究是学校最著名的科学贡献，显示产业的部分基础可追溯至 20 世纪 60 与 70 年代在肯特州立大学完成的工作。
• Its journalism school gained national attention after the 1970 shootings, and the Pulitzer Prize won by John Filo in 1971 remains its most cited professional honour.1970 年枪击事件后，其新闻学院受到全国关注，约翰·菲洛 1971 年获得的普利策奖仍是学校最常被提及的职业荣誉。
• The fashion school is regularly ranked among the leading programmes in the United States, and its museum holds one of the largest historic costume collections in the Midwest.时装学院长期位列美国前列，其博物馆收藏也是中西部规模最大的历史服装收藏之一。
• The school stages an annual fashion show each spring that presents graduating designers' work to industry guests, and its museum collection supplies historic garments for student projects.学院每年春季举办时装秀，向业界嘉宾展示应届设计师的作品，博物馆藏品也为学生课题提供历史服装实物。
• Kent State is one of Ohio's largest universities by enrolment and supplies teachers, nurses, journalists and engineers to the state's public institutions and hospitals.按在校生规模计算，肯特州立大学是俄亥俄州最大的大学之一，为州内公共机构与医院输送教师、护士、记者与工程师。

Student life

• The university motto is Excellence in Action, and it appears on the seal and on the banners used at commencement and at the annual state of the university address.校训为「行动中的卓越」（Excellence in Action），见于校徽以及毕业典礼与年度校情咨文所使用的横幅。
• The school colours are navy blue and gold, and the mascot is Flash the Golden Eagle, while athletic teams are known as the Golden Flashes and compete in the Mid-American Conference.学校颜色为海军蓝与金色，吉祥物为金鹰弗莱什，运动队称「金色闪电」，参加中美国际联盟赛事。
• The Black Squirrel Festival each September celebrates the black squirrels that live on campus, with music, food and booths from student organisations.每年 9 月的黑松鼠节以音乐、食物与学生组织摊位庆祝校园里的黑松鼠，这种松鼠已成为学校的非官方象征。
• The Kent State Folk Festival, first held in 1966, brought folk musicians to downtown Kent each autumn and ran for more than four decades before the university ended it in 2012.肯特州立民谣节始于 1966 年，每年秋天把民谣乐手带到肯特市中心，持续四十余年，直到 2012 年由学校停办。
• Every 4 May the university holds a commemoration at the May 4 Memorial, with speeches, music and a silent procession that begins at the Commons.每年 5 月 4 日，学校在五·四纪念碑举行纪念活动，包括演讲、音乐与从草坪出发的静默游行。
• The Kent Stater newspaper, KentWired, TV2 and Black Squirrel Radio are the main student media, produced in the School of Media and Journalism and staffed by undergraduates.《肯特州立人报》、KentWired、TV2 与黑松鼠电台是主要学生媒体，由媒体与新闻学院制作、本科生运营。
• Homecoming brings alumni back for a football game, a parade through downtown Kent and a tailgate on the fields around Dix Stadium.返校节把校友请回校园，活动包括橄榄球赛、肯特市中心巡游以及迪克斯体育场周边的赛前聚会。
• The Golden Flashes field teams in football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, gymnastics and track, and the football programme has sent several players to the National Football League.「金色闪电」在橄榄球、篮球、棒球、摔跤、体操与田径等项目组队，其橄榄球项目为美国国家橄榄球联盟输送过多名球员。
• Downtown Kent, a few minutes' walk from the campus, has cafes, bookshops and music venues, and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Blossom Music Center are a short drive away.肯特市中心距校园步行数分钟，遍布咖啡馆、书店与音乐场所，凯霍加谷国家公园与布洛瑟姆音乐中心也只需短程车程。
• More than 300 student organisations range from academic societies and club sports to cultural associations, religious groups and a student government that funds them.300 多个学生组织涵盖学术社团、俱乐部体育、文化协会、宗教团体，以及负责资助它们的学生自治会。

Notable people

• Nick Saban, who earned a degree in business and played football at Kent State, became one of the most successful head coaches in American college football history.尼克·萨班在肯特州立大学取得商科学位并打橄榄球，后来成为美国大学橄榄球史上最成功的主教练之一。
• Jack Lambert, a Kent State graduate and Hall of Fame linebacker, anchored the Pittsburgh Steelers defence that won four Super Bowls in the 1970s.杰克·兰伯特毕业于肯特州立大学，是名人堂线卫，曾支撑匹兹堡钢人队在 20 世纪 70 年代四夺超级碗。
• Antonio Gates played basketball at Kent State before becoming an All-Pro tight end in the National Football League with the San Diego Chargers.安东尼奥·盖茨先在肯特州立大学打篮球，后成为圣迭戈闪电队的全明星近端锋。
• Julian Edelman, a Kent State quarterback, converted to wide receiver and won three Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots.朱利安·埃德尔曼在肯特州立大学担任四分卫，后改打外接手，随新英格兰爱国者队三夺超级碗。
• James Harrison, another Kent State linebacker, played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and made the interception return that highlighted Super Bowl XLIII.另一位肯特州立大学线卫詹姆斯·哈里森效力匹兹堡钢人队，并在第 43 届超级碗完成关键的抄截回攻。
• John Filo, a journalism student in 1970, won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for the photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio at the May 4 shooting, and later worked as a photo editor.约翰·菲洛 1970 年时为新闻系学生，因拍摄五·四枪击事件中的玛丽·安·韦基奥获 1971 年普利策奖，后从事图片编辑工作。
• Chrissie Hynde, founder and singer of the Pretenders, studied at Kent State in the early 1970s and has drawn on the town in interviews about her formation as a musician.「伪装者」乐队主唱兼创办人克莉西·海恩德 20 世纪 70 年代初就读于肯特州立大学，并在访谈中谈及肯特市对其音乐成长的影响。
• Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale met as art students at Kent State and founded the band Devo, whose 1970s performances grew out of the campus's conceptual-art scene.马克·马瑟斯博与杰拉尔德·卡萨莱在肯特州立大学艺术系相识并创立 Devo 乐队，其 1970 年代的表演脱胎于校园的观念艺术氛围。
• Michael Keaton attended Kent State before leaving for acting work in Pittsburgh and Hollywood, and he later returned to receive an honorary degree from the university.迈克尔·基顿曾在肯特州立大学就读，后赴匹兹堡与好莱坞从艺，后来回校接受荣誉学位。
• Steve Harvey and Arsenio Hall both attended Kent State before their careers in television and comedy, and the university counts them among its prominent former students.史蒂夫·哈维与阿森尼奥·霍尔都曾在肯特州立大学就读，后来在电视与喜剧领域成名，学校将他们列为著名校友。