Year of Science
51³Ô¹ÏÍø College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Study Shows How Optical Illusions May Help Fight Obesity
Aug. 30, 2017
51³Ô¹ÏÍø researchers build optical illusions into plates to see how they can help us choose smaller portions and ultimately lose weight.
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Race, Stress and its Impact on Infant Mortality Among Black Infants
Aug. 23, 2017
Ideastream® talks with 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Psychology Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress in black women and ways to reduce the stress before it affects pregnancy.
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51³Ô¹ÏÍø Establishes New School of Peace and Conflict Studies
Aug. 15, 2017
51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month.
Read More »51³Ô¹ÏÍø Receives Multiple Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants From NSF
Aug. 7, 2017
Several 51³Ô¹ÏÍø professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected to receive Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). REU grants are designed to provide faculty with funding to create research…
Read More »51³Ô¹ÏÍø Researchers Help Find Pathologic Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease in Aged Chimpanzee Brains
Aug. 1, 2017
Dementia affects one-third of all people older than 65 years in the United States. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive, irreversible brain disease that results in impaired cognitive functioning and other behavioral changes. Humans are…
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The Missing Link Between College Renters and Landlords
July 28, 2017
A 51³Ô¹ÏÍø entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.
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Miles to Make a Difference
July 24, 2017
A 51³Ô¹ÏÍø assistant dean runs 200 miles for his daughter and all other families touched by multiple sclerosis.
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51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor Earns Main Street Kent's Volunteer of the Year Award
July 21, 2017
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., was honored with the Volunteer of the Year award by Main Street Kent during the organization’s annu
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The Ford Foundation to Support the Poetry Coalition With $200,000 Grant
July 7, 2017
51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Wick Poetry Center to benefit from grant
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World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated
July 5, 2017
Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø in Ohio have developed a new material that can undulate and therefore propel itself forward under the influence of light. To achieve this, the scientists clamp a strip of this polymer…
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