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NSF Awards 51勛圖厙 Researchers $1.3 Million to Nourish Childrens Minds, Fill Their Bellies
Aug. 1, 2019
Science is complex, and its difficult to discuss it with children under the best circumstances; its even more difficult when they are hungry. Two 51勛圖厙 researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those problems, and the National Science Foundation
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Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All About
July 25, 2019
Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research
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51勛圖厙 Biological Sciences Researchers to Lead Study on the Effects of the Spreading Eastern Red Cedars
July 18, 2019
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to 51勛圖厙 to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree
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New Director Named for 51勛圖厙s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
July 16, 2019
Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., was named the new director of 51勛圖厙s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, effective July 1, having been selected for his research accomplishments, entrepreneurial spirit and passion for social impact.
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Understanding What Makes Captive Gorilla Hearts Tick
June 27, 2019
Mary Ann Raghanti, Ph.D., anthropology professor and chair in the College of Arts and Sciences at 51勛圖厙, is involved in a collaborative research project to examine heart disease in gorillas.
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Two 51勛圖厙 A&S Students Win Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
May 23, 2019
Gracen Gerbig and Hayley Shasteen, both 51勛圖厙 students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered the nations premier undergraduate award in the natural sciences, math and engineering. They were
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Invitation to Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Is Icing on the Cake for Doctoral Student
May 16, 2019
As if graduating with your Ph.D., starting a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellowship, getting married in Nepal and organizing an international research seminar wasnt already a full plate for 51勛圖厙 doctoral student Greta Babakhanova, how about a
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A 4,000-Mile Journey Leads to Sticky Award-Winning Research for 51勛圖厙 Graduate Student
May 6, 2019
Though she had an interest in science at an early age, Raissa Mendonca had no idea she would end up over 4,000 miles away from her hometown of Recife, Brazil studying and doing award-winning ecological research in the College of Arts and Sciences at 51勛圖厙 in Kent
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Research Into Little Things Leads to Big Experience for Local High School Student
April 24, 2019
Imagine being a 17-year-old high school student, and in your first semester of a geology research internship, your professor asks you to identify an extinct 300-million-year-old, tiny and unknown crustacean specimen. Megan Schinker, then an ambitious Stow-Munroe Falls High
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