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Kent State University

University · Kent, OH

Kent State University is a public research university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs across multiple Ohio campuses, with additional academic locations in Cleveland, New York City, and Washington D.C., as well as international education centers. The university conducts research through institutes focused on advanced materials, brain health, community engagement, environmental science, and healthy communities.

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This edition covers the real Ohio outside Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Youngstown, which already have their own dedicated coverage. Dayton, spanning Montgomery and Greene counties, is where the Wright brothers built their first working aircraft -- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, one of the Air Force's largest research and acquisition installations, still anchors a real aerospace-research economy there. Toledo, in Lucas County, built its economy on glass manufacturing (Owens-Illinois, Owens Corning, Libbey) and Jeep production, and remains a real Great Lakes port. Kent, in Portage County, anchors Kent State University just outside Cleveland's own edition. None of these are Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, or Youngstown, and this edition doesn't treat them as smaller versions of any of the four.

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Total firms 10

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Companies 2

Schools 7

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Dayton's Aviation Legacy

Toledo

Glass & Manufacturing