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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 Sciences and Humanities , National Science Foundation , Research & Science

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51勛圖厙 Associate Professor Denice Sheehan meets with her research group in Henderson Hall. Sheehan has been selected as 51勛圖厙s Scholar of the Month.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Denice Sheehan Associate Professor of Nursing College of Nursing 2007-present Denice Sheehan is an associate professor in the College of Nursing. Her program of research focuses on adolescents with a parent in hospice. She is especially interested in how adolescents inter

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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

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , National Institutes of Health , Grants , Research & Science

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51勛圖厙 Associate Professor Tara Smith (center) reviews test results with students in a laboratory in the universitys Centennial Research Park. Smith has been selected as 51勛圖厙s Scholar of the Month.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Tara C. Smith Associate Professor of Epidemiology  College of Public Health 2013-present Tara C. Smith is an associate professor of epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology in the College of Public Health. Her re

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51勛圖厙 Associate Professor Tara Smith (center) reviews test results with students in a laboratory in the universitys Centennial Research Park. Smith has been selected as 51勛圖厙s Scholar of the Month.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Tara C. Smith Associate Professor of Epidemiology  College of Public Health 2013-present Tara C. Smith is an associate professor of epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology in the College of Public Health. Her re

Tags: College of Public Health and Health Sciences , Scholar of the Month , Success Story , Research & Science

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51勛圖厙 student Celeste Weise stands near her research poster during the 2015 Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Kent Student Center.

51勛圖厙 Student Presents Research on Factors Affecting Sleep Quality

What do sleep quality, post-traumatic stress disorder and smoking have in common? Thats the question on which Celeste Weise, a 51勛圖厙 senior psychology and sociology major, presented her research at the universitys second annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held March 11.

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Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., and Arden Ruttan, Ph.D., along with their student research team, design, develop and study an app to reduce teen stress.

51勛圖厙 Professors Turn to Technology to Reduce Teen Stress

Have too much stress? There is an app for coping. Researchers from 51勛圖厙s College of Arts and Sciences worked together to develop an app that not only measures stress levels in teenagers, but also teaches them how to manage anxiety. The app gathers data in real time using two

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , College of Education and Human Services , Research and Sponsored Programs , Success Story , Research & Science

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Gregory Smith is a professor of human development and family studies and director of the Human Development Center in the School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences in the College of Education, Health and Human Services.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Gregory Smith Professor of Human Development and Family Studies College of Education, Health and Human Services 2001-present Gregory Smith is a professor of human development and family studies and director of the Human Development Center in the School of Lifespan Develop

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Investigating Alzheimers Disease: 51勛圖厙 Researcher to Speak at Neuroscience Symposium on April 10

Gemma Casadesus Smith describes herself as a scientist who likes to investigate ideas that run counter to prevailing thought. Her research on Alzheimers disease has looked at the effects on the brain of oxidative stress, hormone treatments and the regulation of metabolism.  When a new avenue

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , Neuroscience , Symposium , Research & Science

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51勛圖厙 Student Introduces New Method of Circadian Research

51勛圖厙 Student Introduces New Method of Circadian Research

51勛圖厙 chemistry senior Caitlin Crosier combined creativity and science for her yearlong project on circadian rhythms and will present those findings at the universitys Undergraduate Research Symposium on March 11. The main goal of my research is to validate this method as a

Tags: Undergraduate Research Symposium , Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement , Department of Biological Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , College of Honors and Global Education , Student Success , Success Story , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Research & Science

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