Research
Anthropology Team Brings Home the 2020 Ig Nobel Award for Materials Science
In 2019, a team of researchers in 51勛圖厙s Department of Anthropology published its prize-winning research article titled in the Journal of Archaeological Science. (Yes, the jokes are seemingly endless, but seriously folks, there is an important underlying message here about evidence-based research and fact-checking!)
Geology Professor and Science Historian Co-Author Article Exploring Eunice Footes Climate Experiments From 1856
Recently, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the Department of Geology in 51勛圖厙s College of Arts and Science, partnered with Sir Roland Jackson, Ph.D., a historian of science at the Royal Institution and the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London, to co-author a paper assessing the experiments described in Eunice Footes papers from a detailed quantitative perspective and to place them in historical context. They point out the differences between her hypothesis and that of the modern greenhouse effect.
Nuclear Physics Researchers Publish Atom-Smashing Symmetry Experiment Results in Top-Tier Journal
Nuclear physics researchers at 51勛圖厙 and all over the world have been searching for violations of the fundamental symmetries in the universe for decades. Much like the Big Bang (approximately 13.8 billion years ago), but on a tiny scale, they briefly recreate the particle interactions that likely existed microseconds into the formation of our universe which also likely now exist in the cores of neutron stars.
Empathy Researchers to Speak at 51勛圖厙 on Dec. 5
The Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at 51勛圖厙, in partnership with the national public radio affiliate WKSU 89.7 FM and the KSU Brain Health Research Institute, will host the first of a two-part distinguished speaker series How Science Can Hel51勛圖厙 Joins Lieutenant Governors Collaboration to Foster Innovation and Drive Economic Growth
51勛圖厙, in collaboration with Ohios public universities, has pledged support for Lt. Gov. Jon Husteds Ohio Intellectual Property (IP) Promise, a collaborative effort to strengthen Ohios innovation economy, attract innovative researchers and serve as a magnet for investors and ent
51勛圖厙 Hosts Innovative International Translation Boot Camp
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 together on the innovat
51勛圖厙 Geography Professor Elected President of American Association of Geographers
David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at 51勛圖厙, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United States, for 2019-20.
Exciting Future Predicted for Brain Health Research Institute
With great hope and expectations for the future of brain health research at 51勛圖厙, President Beverly J. Warren introduced Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., as the inaugural director of the universitys Brain Health Research Institute on Feb. 25.
Advanced Materials Liquid Crystal Institute to Host Applied Mathematics Symposium on Feb. 9-10
World-renowned applied mathematicians and materials researchers will gather this Saturday and Sunday at 51勛圖厙 to initiate and foster collaborations to address challenges to areas of applied mathematics ranging from modeling and analysis to scientific computing and machine l