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MEDIA ADVISORY: ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Will Introduce the Inaugural Director of Its Brain Health Research Institute

WHAT: ¹ú²úÂ×Àí President Beverly J. Warren will introduce the inaugural director of the university’s Brain Health Research Institute on Monday, Feb. 25. The new director will discuss our plans for widespread collaboration within the Northeast Ohio health community for brain health rese…

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Geography Professor Reveals Abnormal Weather Patterns

Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., professor and chairperson of ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s Department of Geography, recently conducted a study on abnormal weather patterns published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, a publication of the American Geophysical Union. 

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A ¹ú²úÂ×Àí student multitasks by simultaneously using her desktop computer, laptop computer, smartphone and headphones.

Off Task During Online Learning: ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Study Finds Student Multitasking Increases in Online Courses Compared to Face-To-Face Courses

The phenomenon of multitasking across three or four internet-connected devices simultaneously is increasingly common. Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., and Aryn Karpinski, Ph.D., of ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s College of Education, Health and Human Services were curious to know how often this happens during online education.

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ASM undergrad fellow Gerbig and Dr. Smith test for Staphylococcus in the lab

Research Fellowship Award to ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Undergrad Supports Summer Microbiology Research on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Found on Rats

City rats are unlikely to be on anyone's list of favorite animals, but researching exactly how they are problematic for public health provided a unique opportunity this past summer for Gracen Gerbig, ¹ú²úÂ×Àí junior majoring in Cellular and Molecular Biology.

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¹ú²úÂ×Àí researchers Elda and Torsten Hegmann pose with one of the sensors they created that detects toxic gases. The sensors can be made any shape or size and require no power to function.

NSF Award Funds Sensor Research at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s New Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Thanks to a rare Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), ¹ú²úÂ×Àí researchers in the new Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute will be able to work with partners at Merck Performance Materials to advance life-saving sensory technology.

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Anne Jefferson, Ph.D. associate professor of geology at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí, works with a group of middle school and high school teachers who are learning about streams. (Photo credit: Laura Sugano)

Professor Sheds Light on How the Government Shutdown Is Hurting the Field of Science

¹ú²úÂ×Àí Associate Professor of Geology Anne Jefferson, Ph.D., details her personal account of how the partial government shutdown is dramatically impacting her research and the research of others.

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¹ú²úÂ×Àí Robotics Team Places Receives Third Place Award in NASA Robotics Mining Competition

¹ú²úÂ×Àí Robotics Team Places Third in NASA Robotics Mining Competition

From November 2017 to the day of the competition in May, the ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Robotics team spent months preparing for the competition held at the Kennedy Space Center. The competition is designed to mimic the procedure of having a robot on Mars if sent there by NASA. Along with 44 other university teams, the team worked together to design and construct a robot that is fashioned to mine simulated Martian terrain along with the gravel below it.

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A member of the grounds crew plows snow from walkways on the Front Campus area of the Kent Campus during a winter snowstorm.

¹ú²úÂ×Àí Biological Sciences Department Addresses Road Salt Concerns

¹ú²úÂ×Àí Biological Sciences Assistant Professor Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., confirmed the possibility that increasing amounts of road salt could potentially end up in Ohio’s water supply, but it is very unlikely.

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Dave Costello, Ph.D., (left), assistant professor in ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Devan Mathie (right), an undergraduate honors student, stand in Wahoo Ditch in Ravenna, Ohio.

¹ú²úÂ×Àí Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Global Change

The work of 153 ecological researchers from 40 countries, including ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Assistant Professor Dave Costello, Ph.D., from the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has revealed new findings on the effect of climatic factors on river-based ecosystems. T…

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Dave Costello, Ph.D., (left), assistant professor in ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Devan Mathie (right), an undergraduate honors student, stand in Wahoo Ditch in Ravenna, Ohio.

¹ú²úÂ×Àí Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Global Change

The work of 153 ecological researchers from 40 countries, including ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Assistant Professor Dave Costello, Ph.D., from the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has revealed new findings on the effect of climatic factors on river-based ecosystems.

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Biological Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Global Reach

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