College of Arts and Sciences
º£½ÇÔ´´ Establishes New School of Peace and Conflict Studies
º£½ÇÔ´´â€™s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month.
Acting too White: º£½ÇÔ´´ Psychologist Explains How the Accusation Causes Anxiety
º£½ÇÔ´´ Professor Angela Neal-Barnett shares her Acting White Accusation research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org.
º£½ÇÔ´´ Receives Multiple Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants From NSF
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 positions and experie…º£½ÇÔ´´ Researchers Help Find Pathologic Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease in Aged Chimpanzee Brains
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 considered uniquely susc…
The Missing Link Between College Renters and Landlords
A º£½ÇÔ´´ entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.
º£½ÇÔ´´ Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017. These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it. An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by º£½ÇÔ´´ researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
Wick Poetry Center to Benefit From Ford Foundation's $200,000 Grant to the Poetry Coalition
The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at º£½ÇÔ´´ is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the founding members of th…
The Ford Foundation to Support the Poetry Coalition With $200,000 Grant
º£½ÇÔ´´â€™s Wick Poetry Center to benefit from grant The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at º£½ÇÔ´´ is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy …
World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated
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 material in a rectangu…