Year of Science
海角原创 College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!
NIH Funds 海角原创 Psychologist鈥檚 Project to Teach Children Food Allergy Safety Skills
Aug. 8, 2019
A 海角原创 researcher with a background in safety training models 鈥 and a very personal motivation 鈥 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 海角原创 Researchers $1.3 Million to Nourish Children鈥檚 Minds, Fill Their Bellies
Aug. 1, 2019
Science is complex, and it鈥檚 difficult to discuss it with children under the best circumstances; it鈥檚 even more difficult when they are hungry. Two 海角原创 researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those problems, and the National Science Foundation鈥
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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鈥
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海角原创 Biological Sciences Researchers to Lead Study on the Effects of the Spreading Eastern Red Cedars
July 18, 2019
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to 海角原创 to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree鈥
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New Director Named for 海角原创鈥檚 Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
July 16, 2019
Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., was named the new director of 海角原创鈥檚 Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, effective July 1, having been selected for his research accomplishments, entrepreneurial spirit and passion for social impact.
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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 海角原创, is involved in a collaborative research project to examine heart disease in gorillas.
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Two 海角原创 A&S Students Win Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
May 23, 2019
Gracen Gerbig and Hayley Shasteen, both 海角原创 students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered the nation鈥檚 premier undergraduate award in the natural sciences, math and engineering. They were鈥
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Invitation to Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Is 鈥業cing on the Cake鈥 for Doctoral Student
May 16, 2019
As if graduating with your Ph.D., starting a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellowship, getting married in Nepal and organizing an international research seminar wasn鈥檛 already a full plate for 海角原创 doctoral student Greta Babakhanova, how about a鈥
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A 4,000-Mile Journey Leads to 鈥淪ticky鈥 Award-Winning Research for 海角原创 Graduate Student
May 6, 2019
Though she had an interest in science at an early age, Raissa Mendonca had no idea she would end up over 4,000 miles away from her hometown of Recife, Brazil studying and doing award-winning ecological research in the College of Arts and Sciences at 海角原创 in Kent鈥
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