Year of Science
º£½ÇÔ´´ College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!
º£½ÇÔ´´ Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research
March 4, 2020
º£½ÇÔ´´ psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.
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Collaborative º£½ÇÔ´´ Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
Oct. 30, 2019
º£½ÇÔ´´â€™s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
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NIH Continues Support of º£½ÇÔ´´ Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant
Oct. 17, 2019
Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like º£½ÇÔ´´â€™s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
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NIH Funds º£½ÇÔ´´ Psychologist’s Project to Teach Children Food Allergy Safety Skills
Aug. 8, 2019
A º£½ÇÔ´´ researcher with a background in safety training models — and a very personal motivation — has devised a method to help some children with food allergies stay safe, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just granted him the funding to test it.
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NSF Awards º£½ÇÔ´´ Researchers $1.3 Million to Nourish Children’s Minds, Fill Their Bellies
Aug. 1, 2019
Science is complex, and it’s difficult to discuss it with children under the best circumstances; it’s even more difficult when they are hungry. Two º£½ÇÔ´´ researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those problems, and the National Science Foundation…
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Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All About
July 25, 2019
Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research…
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Understanding What Makes Captive Gorilla Hearts Tick
June 27, 2019
Mary Ann Raghanti, Ph.D., anthropology professor and chair in the College of Arts and Sciences at º£½ÇÔ´´, is involved in a collaborative research project to examine heart disease in gorillas.
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Neil Cooper: Study of Peace and Conflict Builds More Secure World
April 9, 2019
º£½ÇÔ´´â€™s inaugural director of the new School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Neil Cooper, Ph.D., said as the university builds toward the 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970, and the 50th anniversary of the school, he is looking forward to working with colleagues on…
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º£½ÇÔ´´ Geography Professor Elected President of American Association of Geographers
April 2, 2019
David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at º£½ÇÔ´´, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United…
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Exciting Future Predicted for Brain Health Research Institute
Feb. 27, 2019
With great hope and expectations for the future of brain health research at º£½ÇÔ´´, President Beverly J. Warren introduced Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., as the inaugural director of the university’s Brain Health Research Institute on Feb. 25.
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