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Hands of Gratitude

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professors and Students Team Up With Community Groups to Provide Helping Hands

Two 51³Ô¹ÏÍø professors partnered with the Summit County Juvenile Court and Hands of Gratitude over the summer to teach juveniles how to assemble prosthetic hands for children in Central America and were featured in the Akron Beacon Journal.

Tags: Community & Society , Global Reach , Health

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Tara Smith gives insight on what measures are useful when fighting viruses

Epidemiology Professor Featured on Mindscape Podcast

51³Ô¹ÏÍø College of Public Health professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., was featured on Sean Carroll’s Mindscape podcast to talk about the novel coronavirus (and its associated disease, COVID-19) pandemic. Smith gives insight on what measures are useful and which are probably not.

Tags: Health , Global Reach , Community & Society

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Melbourne, Australia by Acacia Freeman

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Magazine: Picture This

Each year, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students participate in off-campus study away/study abroad programs and internships in locations across the country and around the world. And they take photos—lots and lots of photos.

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Special Guest Lecture with Dr. Michael W. Beck

Renowned Marine Scientist Michael Beck to Discuss Coastal Conservation on March 4

Renowned marine scientist Michael W. Beck, Ph.D., will discuss the importance of coastal conservation at a free lecture on March 4. Beck, a research professor in the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, focuses on conserving our coastlines in an effort to reduce the risks of storm surges and flooding to property, people and our planet and will speak at 7 p.m. March 4 in Auditorium 101 in the Science & Nursing Building at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø at Stark.

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Lauren Kinsman-Costello, assistant professor of biological sciences at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, stands in a field in the arctic circle, in Sweden.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Biologist Joins Tennessee, Toledo Colleagues to Study Arctic Climate Change Effects

In early February, scientists reported the hottest temperature on record in Antarctica: 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Studies show climate change is disproportionately affecting the poles, warming them faster than anywhere else on Earth, and raising questions about what kinds of changes we can expect in arctic ecosystems as temperatures rise. 
A 51³Ô¹ÏÍø biologist has teamed up with some colleagues in an inter-institutional effort to answer some of those questions.


Tags: Global Reach , Research & Science , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , College of Arts and Sciences , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , climate change , Global Warming , National Science Foundation

Division of Research & Economic Development

Beluga Whale

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Research Review: Researchers End Ongoing Beluga Whale Debate

A new collaborative study between researchers at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) has confirmed a way to determine the age of beluga whales - a topic that has been the center of much debate.

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Students in the Chinese Course Play a Chinese Board Game

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Research Review 2019: Growing Global Citizens

51³Ô¹ÏÍø hosts STARTALK Foreign Language Academy, where 20 accepted high school students in Northeast Ohio are immersed into either Russian or Chinese language and culture. The Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies received federal funding for the 12th year to host this academy on campus.

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David Ward, professor of Plant Biology

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Research Review: Shrub Encroachers Friend or Foe?

Ecosystems in today's world are responding to a wide variety of environmental changes. David Ward, Ph.D., the Art and Margaret Herrick endowed professor of Plant Biology in 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Department of Biological Sciences, and international colleagues and graduate students want to know what happens when these changes interact?

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Ashley Rutkoski and Michelle Bebber at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Eren Lab

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Research Review: Cutting Edge Archaeology

The Eren Lab at 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Department of Anthropology is among the university’s busiest and most prolific. Because of the lab and guidance from Metin Eren, Ph.D., two students have achieved great accomplishments in archaeology.

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51³Ô¹ÏÍø Florence

How a Florentine Palace Changed Studying Abroad

What’s a must have for U.S. universities overseas? A Florentine palace, according to a recent Times Higher Education article. Fortunately, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø has one, and students have noticed.

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