Year of Science
51勛圖厙 College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!
51勛圖厙 Partners With Opera di Santa Croce to Present Sisters in Liberty Exhibition at Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Oct. 3, 2019
51勛圖厙 and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York, an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020
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Author Michael Twitty to Share His Journey to Kosher Soul Food at 51勛圖厙
Sept. 24, 2019
On Sept. 24, 2019, we were honored to welcome in culinary historian and Jewish educator Michael Twitty at 51勛圖厙. Twitty calls his way of cooking Kosher/Soul food Afro Ashkefardi. Black and Jewish communities are the only people commonly known to use their culinary works
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51勛圖厙 Hosts Innovative International Translation Boot Camp
Aug. 12, 2019
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages (MCLS), in 51勛圖厙s College of Arts and Sciences, recently hosted the Second MEMENTO Boot Camp 2019 a one-month research camp gathering 20 interdisciplinary researchers from 10 countries and regions, who worked
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New Methodologies Developed in 51勛圖厙 Geology Professor's Lab Improve Monitoring of Lakes and Oceans
Aug. 9, 2019
After years of remote sensing work, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 51勛圖厙, and his research team recently shared their development of new cost-efficient methodologies that may lead to much safer
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NIH Funds 51勛圖厙 Psychologists Project to Teach Children Food Allergy Safety Skills
Aug. 8, 2019
A 51勛圖厙 researcher with a background in safety training models and a very personal motivation has devised a method to help some children with food allergies stay safe, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just granted him the funding to test it.
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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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