Kent State

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1. A controversial incident in 1970, in which unarmed students demonstrating against United States involvement in the Vietnam War were fired on by panicky troops of the National Guard. Four students were killed and nine wounded. The shooting occurred at Kent State University in Ohio. The troops were subsequently absolved of responsibility by the government, but their action turned many moderates against the Vietnam War and the Richard Nixon administration.

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"In the naïve quark model, there are three quarks inside a proton, but nothing else," said Tommy Tsang, formerly a postdoc at Kent State University, now at DOE's Argonne National Laboratory.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

Puzder came of age as a conservative among hippies at Kent State University in Ohio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Recalled Kent State basketball teammate Eric Haut: “He came back after one practice saying, ‘Man, I hate football.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025

The BBC has used data supplied by Dr He Yin at Kent State University to examine the amount of land damaged by the huge wildfires that have been sparked by the cross-border attacks.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024

At Kent State University in Ohio, tensions escalated so much that the governor sent in the National Guard.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge