Year of Science
º£½ÇÔ´´ College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!
º£½ÇÔ´´ Establishes New School of Peace and Conflict Studies
Aug. 15, 2017
º£½ÇÔ´´â€™s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month.
Read More »º£½ÇÔ´´ Receives Multiple Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants From NSF
Aug. 7, 2017
Several º£½ÇÔ´´ professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected to receive Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). REU grants are designed to provide faculty with funding to create research…
Read More »º£½ÇÔ´´ Researchers Help Find Pathologic Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease in Aged Chimpanzee Brains
Aug. 1, 2017
Dementia affects one-third of all people older than 65 years in the United States. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive, irreversible brain disease that results in impaired cognitive functioning and other behavioral changes. Humans are…
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The Missing Link Between College Renters and Landlords
July 28, 2017
A º£½ÇÔ´´ entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.
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Miles to Make a Difference
July 24, 2017
A º£½ÇÔ´´ assistant dean runs 200 miles for his daughter and all other families touched by multiple sclerosis.
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º£½ÇÔ´´ Professor Earns Main Street Kent's Volunteer of the Year Award
July 21, 2017
º£½ÇÔ´´ Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., was honored with the Volunteer of the Year award by Main Street Kent during the organization’s annu
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The Ford Foundation to Support the Poetry Coalition With $200,000 Grant
July 7, 2017
º£½ÇÔ´´â€™s Wick Poetry Center to benefit from grant
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World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated
July 5, 2017
Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and º£½ÇÔ´´ in Ohio have developed a new material that can undulate and therefore propel itself forward under the influence of light. To achieve this, the scientists clamp a strip of this polymer…
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º£½ÇÔ´´ and Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute to Conduct NIH Research Study on Rehabilitation for Aphasia
June 19, 2017
When someone suffers a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or brain tumor, one of the common symptoms is aphasia, a disorder that arises from damage to portions of the brain, usually the left side, that are responsible for language. It impairs the expression and understanding of…
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Educator, Pioneering Scientist and Visionary Owen Lovejoy Receives º£½ÇÔ´´â€™s Highest Honor
May 24, 2017
º£½ÇÔ´´ Distinguished Professor of Human Evolutionary Studies C. Owen Lovejoy, Ph.D., received the President's Medal from President Beverly Warren during the One University Commencement Ceremony on May 13 in Dix Stadium. The President’s Medal is the highest…
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