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Anuj Gurung Does Applied Research with Immigrant Communities in Akron's North Hill Neighborhood.

A School of Peace and Conflict Studies Instructor, Anuj Gurung, just completed an important applied research project worth noting and celebrating…   Political Science doctoral candidate and SPCS instructor Anuj Gurung worked as a Research Consultant for the Intern…

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Professor Researches Link Between Genetics, Social Media Use

A person’s genetic makeup influences how frequently he or she uses social media, according to research by Chance York, Ph.D., assistant professor in º£½ÇÔ­´´â€™s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. York conducted the research by comparing survey responses between sets of fraternal and id…

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º£½ÇÔ­´´ Professor uses cardboard boxes, cellphones and bubble wrap to cut the cost of expensive lab equipment.

º£½ÇÔ­´´ Professor Uses Cellphones to Make Science Affordable

If you ask Christopher Fenk, science is something that should be accessible to everyone. Through his research on using cellphones as lab equipment, Fenk is striving to provide classrooms with affordable alternatives to equipment that can cost between $1,200 to $2,000 per piece. Fenk, a chemistry pr…

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PBS to highlight º£½ÇÔ­´´ Stark professor's research on how butterflies could help serve as a model to deliver medicine to humans.

How Butterflies Could Help Deliver Meds to Humans

PBS to highlight º£½ÇÔ­´´ Stark professor's research on how butterflies could be used as a model for delivering disease-fighting drugs to the human body.

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º£½ÇÔ­´´ receives grant to help move inventions to the commercial market.

From Research Lab to Commercial Market: State Awards Grant to Boost Economy

º£½ÇÔ­´´ is among the institutions and businesses in Ohio to share $10 million in grants from the state’s Third Frontier Commission. º£½ÇÔ­´´ will share $400,000 with Cleveland State University to help commercialize the inventions that they create through research. The grants ar…

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Metin I. Eren, director of archaeology and an assistant professor of anthropology in º£½ÇÔ­´´â€™s College of Arts and Sciences, prepares to fire a replica arrowhead at a special lab at the university's Kent Campus.

º£½ÇÔ­´´ Archaeologist Uses National Science Foundation Grant to Recreate, Test Ancient Weapons

º£½ÇÔ­´´ professor uses a $215,000 National Science Foundation grant to analyze weapons technology dating back 11,000 to 12,000 years.

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Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in º£½ÇÔ­´´â€™s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

º£½ÇÔ­´´ Biologist Awarded $1.8 Million to Advance Research of Alzheimer’s in Women

º£½ÇÔ­´´'s Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's. 

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º£½ÇÔ­´´ Uses Geospatial Technology to Map Violence

º£½ÇÔ­´´ Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence

º£½ÇÔ­´´ researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.

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º£½ÇÔ­´´ professor explains how good cells can turn bad.

º£½ÇÔ­´´ Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth

A º£½ÇÔ­´´ professor, his graduate students and researchers from Kyoto University help offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

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