Research & Science
海角原创 Honors 2016 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Recipients
Three 海角原创 faculty members were honored with the 2016 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards at a ceremony that took place on April 5 in the University Library. This year鈥檚 recipients were selected from a large number of nominees by the University Research Council chaired by鈥
College of Education, Health and Human Services
Scholar of the Month
Cynthia Roller, Ph.D., R.N., CNP, CNM, was a passionate nurse practitioner and researcher who passed away suddenly on Feb. 28, 2016, after a tragic accident. Earlier this year, she was selected by 海角原创鈥檚 College of Nursing as our Scholar of the Month for April. As a way to honor her鈥
Kent Campus
海角原创 Holds Symposium on 鈥淭he Neuroscience of the Social Brain鈥 on April 7-8
海角原创鈥檚 fourth annual Neuroscience Symposium will cover the latest research findings on 鈥淭he Neuroscience of The Social Brain鈥 on April 7-8 at the 海角原创 Hotel and Conference Center located in downtown Kent, Ohio. In a keynote address on April 7 at 7:15 p.m., Jacqueli鈥
Kent Campus
海角原创 Researchers Publish Breakthrough in Leading Scientific Journal
Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at 海角原创鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute庐, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device applications and other indust鈥
Kent Campus
Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Xiaoling Pu Associate Professor of Finance College of Business Administration 2008-present Xiaoling Pu is an associate professor in the Department of Finance at the College of Business Administration. She holds the Olga A. Mural Risk Management Fund Associate Professorshi鈥
Kent Campus
Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Willie H. Oglesby III Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management College of Public Health 2009-present Willie Oglesby is a member of the founding faculty at the College of Public Health. He is an associate professor of health policy and management and also serves鈥
Kent Campus
海角原创 College of Nursing Professor Researches Stress and Obesity in Children
Wang received a $10,000 grant for her project Ya-Fen Wang, Ph.D., RN, MSN, assistant professor in 海角原创鈥檚 College of Nursing, is working on a one-year project to study if children鈥檚 prolonged exposure to stressful situations such as school, family or environment encourages poor eati鈥
Kent Campus
海角原创 Geology Professor Named a Public Engagement Fellow of Leshner Leadership Institute at AAAS
Anne Jefferson, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 海角原创, was one of 15 climate change researchers to be named a 2016-17 Public Engagement Fellow of the Leshner Leadership Institute at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Cassandra Storlie Assistant Professor College of Education, Health and Human Services 2013-present Cassandra Storlie is an assistant professor in the School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences at the College of Education, Health and Human Services. She鈥
Kent Campus
Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, 海角原创 Researchers Say
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine. They can curl up, bend, twist, wrinkle and stretch when exposed to light, heat, gases and other鈥
Kent Campus