Research & Science
Understanding Impacts on LGBTQIA+ Communities from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Moira Armstrong, undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences and research assistant on the Queer Pandemic Project, collaborated with Molly Merryman, associate professor in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, to compile digital, video-based oral interviews for the Queer Pandemic Project in a partnership between ¹ú²úÂ×Àí, Goldsmith’s University of London and Queer Britain. These interviews feature people in queer communities across the United Kingdom, discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has impacted their lives as queer people.
New Lab Combines Mixed, Virtual and Haptic Technologies To Provide Realistic Simulations for Students or Patients
¹ú²úÂ×Àí has opened its newest research center, the IC Touch Lab, that will revolutionize the way medical students practice and patients rehabilitate. Headed by Kwangtaek Kim, assistant professor of Computer Science, the lab conducts various research projects involving haptic technology to expand the possibilities of medical and rehabilitation practices.
Student Researcher Identifies Potential Alternative to Antibiotics
During a summer research project at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Geauga, nursing student Lauren Petrick succeeded in isolating a bacterial virus that shows promise as an alternative to antibiotics in fighting off intestinal bacterial infections such as urinary tract infections, GI tract infections and even pneumonia. By teaming up with ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Geauga Associate Professor Sanhita Gupta, Petrick tackled this problem through ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) last summer.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Graduate and Undergraduate Research Mentorship Awards Announced
Intentionality to build successful academic mentoring relationships with students is what sets professors apart at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí, and each year two professors at the graduate and undergraduate level receive a student-nominated award for their ability to do so. The intent of the award is to recognize those professors exceeding in mentoring students in how to perform research in any field.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Awarded the Highest Recognition for Research Universities, the Prestigious R1 Carnegie Classification
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education has awarded ¹ú²úÂ×Àí the esteemed R1 status for research, which is the highest recognition that doctoral universities can receive. The prestigious designation affirms ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s place as an elite research institution and puts the university in the company of universities such as Yale, Harvard and the University of California-Berkeley.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Awarded the Highest Recognition for Research Universities, the Prestigious R1 Carnegie Classification
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education has awarded ¹ú²úÂ×Àí the esteemed R1 status for research, which is the highest recognition that doctoral universities can receive. The prestigious designation affirms ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s place as an elite research institution and puts the university in the company of universities such as Yale, Harvard and the University of California-Berkeley.
Climate Scientist Publishes Trends in ‘Weather Whiplash’ Events
Many wonder if climate change is the reason we’ve had 'weather whiplash' or day-to-day dramatic changes from hot to cold or cold to hot. As a climate scientist, Cameron Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí, gets asked this question a lot. Looking beyond just the average temperatures and statistical means, he decided to take a more analytical look at weather whiplash and add to a growing body of climate change literature examining temperature variability trends.
Will This New Superpower Molecule Revolutionize Science?
In a new study, ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Professor Hanbin Mao and other researchers report the creation of an artificial molecule with superpowers. It has the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology – and it also explains one of nature’s intriguing enigmas: Why do we have a right hand and a left hand?
Swallowing Physiology and Rehabilitation Research
My name is Lauren Falter, and I am a graduate student at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí studying Speech-Language Pathology. I recently earned my undergraduate degree from ¹ú²úÂ×Àí with a major in Speech Pathology and Audiology and two minors in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Special Education. I reflect positivel…
Materials Science Graduate Program Professor Continues Streak of Being Named Among the Most Highly Cited Scholars
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a ¹ú²úÂ×Àí professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is once again on Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.
