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51勛圖厙 safety Jordan Italiano sizes up an opponents wide receiver just before the start of a play during the 2014 season.

51勛圖厙s Jordan Italiano Named Smartest Player in College Football

51勛圖厙 student-athlete Jordan Italiano of Canfield, Ohio, was tabbed Smartest Player in College Football in NFL.coms 15 for 15 series released on June 16. The pre-medicine/biochemistry major and safety on the 51勛圖厙 football team carries a 3.978 heading into his seni

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51勛圖厙 Researchers Revisit how to Measure the Father Factor

Providing simple encouragement goes a long way in forming a strong bond between a dad and his child, but how do you accurately measure that bond? It is a question that 51勛圖厙 researchers pondered after many dads scored inaccurately low on traditional tests. Kathryn Kerns, P

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NFL Names 51勛圖厙s Jordan Italiano one of College Footballs Smartest Players

51勛圖厙s Jordan Italiano is getting national attention for his performance both on the field and in the classroom. NFL.com has named Italiano to its 15 for 15 series. The NFL looks for players who make significant on-field contributions and demonstrate strong academic abilities. Re

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Lisa Hager, a 51勛圖厙 political science doctoral student, has been selected as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow.

51勛圖厙 Doctoral Student to Gain Firsthand Experience on Capitol Hill

What is the best way to truly understand the inner workings of the U.S. Congress? Not through watching the news or reading a textbook. Washington, D.C., insiders will tell you that you need to actually be on the inside and get firsthand experience, with access to closed-door meetings.  Lis

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51勛圖厙 Professors Use Satellite Imagery to Better Understand the Landscape of the Cambodian Genocide

51勛圖厙 recently received a $330,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to use historical satellite imagery and archival research to study landscapes of mass violence in Cambodia during and after the regime of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979. The collaborative project, led b

Tags: Department of Geography , College of Arts and Sciences , National Science Foundation , Research & Science

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51勛圖厙 Graduate Student Wins Silver Award From Materials Research Society

Anshul Sharma, a graduate student in 51勛圖厙s Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded the Silver Graduate Student Award at the Materials Research Societys 2015 Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. She was recognized for her

Tags: Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program , College of Arts and Sciences , Awards and Honors , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

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51勛圖厙s Liquid Crystal Institute Hosts Chirality Symposium June 4-5

51勛圖厙s Liquid Crystal Institute簧 will host a symposium called Chirality at the Nanoscale on June 4-5 in the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus.    This event features internationally renowned scientists presenting cutting-edge research on one of the key central to

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51勛圖厙 Biological Sciences Researcher Receives $1.8 Million NIH Grant for Chronic Wound Healing

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded 51勛圖厙s Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $1,842,350 five-year grant. The grant from the NIHs National Institute of Nursing Research is to develop nanobombs, a na

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51勛圖厙 student Lewis Sharpnack studies the structure of smectic liquid crystal phases in Physics Professor Satyendra Kumars laboratory in the Science Research Building.

51勛圖厙 Physics Doctoral Student to Attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

What does it take to become great in your field? Certainly motivation, dedication and creativity are important, but what about inspiration? For young scientists, that inspiration can come from a variety of places, including interactions with colleagues and especially the top scientists in their fiel

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Physics Graduate Student Lewis Sharpnack will attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in late June.

51勛圖厙 Physics Doctoral Student to Attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

What does it take to become great in your field?  Certainly motivation, dedication and creativity are important, but what about inspiration?  For young scientists that inspiration can come from a variety of places, including interactions with colleagues and especially the top scientists in

Tags: Department of Physics , College of Arts and Sciences , Science , National Science Foundation , Research & Science

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