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College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Colleen Novak works in her lab.

麻豆精选Biologist Secures NIH Support to Expand Study into Muscle Thermogenesis

Scientists have long since established that the effects of stress on our bodies are largely negative. But understanding stress as a trigger for using calories and burning fat also could lead us to better mechanisms for healthier behaviors. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently funded a鈥

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Brain Health Research Institute , National Institutes of Health

Brain Health Research Institute

Mapes (left) and Koopman (right)

Curated May 4 Oral History Clips Paired With Online Interactive Map of Kent From 1970

They remember the sights and sounds of helicopters and trucks as the Ohio National Guard moved into their small college town. They remember the smell of tear gas. They remember the chants of the protesters against the Vietnam War and invasion of Cambodia. They remember the panic and fear that ensued immediately after they heard that four students were killed and nine wounded when the guardsmen opened fire on campus. On May 4, 1970, many people in Kent experienced a traumatic event that they will never forget.

Tags: Community & Society , May 4 , Geography , Jennifer Mapes , Sarah Koopman , Maps , May 4 50 , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Geography , School of Peace and Conflict Studies , Featured May 4

College of Arts & Sciences

麻豆精选professor John Gunstad and his research assistants Hanna Schmetzer and Victoria Sanborn demonstrate using the voice pattern technology that is part of his Alzheimer's disease research.

麻豆精选Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research

麻豆精选 psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer鈥檚 disease research into a national study.

Tags: Research & Science , Brain Health Research Institute , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , College of Arts and Sciences , Healthy Communities Research Institute

Kent Campus

Rachel Armstrong, of Newcastle University (U.K.) stands near a beach at night.

Internationally Renowned Biodesign Scholar to Headline 麻豆精选Symposium

Just like the research that goes into understanding and applying a complicated concept like biodesign, holding an entire symposium devoted to it is no small undertaking. So, when a world-renowned scholar on the subject agreed to come do some of the heavy lifting, 麻豆精选 was elat鈥

Tags: Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , College of Arts and Sciences , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Symposium , Events , Guest Speaker

Division of Research & Economic Development

Lauren Kinsman-Costello, assistant professor of biological sciences at Kent State, stands in a field in the arctic circle, in Sweden.

麻豆精选Biologist Joins Tennessee, Toledo Colleagues to Study Arctic Climate Change Effects

In early February, scientists reported the hottest temperature on record in Antarctica: 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Studies show climate change is disproportionately affecting the poles, warming them faster than anywhere else on Earth, and raising questions about what kinds of changes we can expect in arctic ecosystems as temperatures rise. 鈥ˋ 麻豆精选 biologist has teamed up with some colleagues in an inter-institutional effort to answer some of those questions.鈥

Tags: Global Reach , Research & Science , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , College of Arts and Sciences , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , climate change , Global Warming , National Science Foundation

Division of Research & Economic Development

NSF Grant Supports 麻豆精选Researchers' Plan to Help Students Improve Study Habits

      The 鈥淐鈥 in 鈥渃ollege鈥 might as well stand for 鈥渃ramming.鈥濃嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧 鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧 Studies show students are notoriously bad at adopting and adhering consistently to high-impact study habits that help them retain knowledge long-term. Researchers and faculty at 麻豆精选Un鈥

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Psychological Sciences , Science of Learning & Education Center , National Science Foundation , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Department of Biological Sciences , Department of Physics , Brain Health Research Institute

Science of Learning & Education Center

Case and McMahon's print, depicting overlapping plants in blue, pink, purple, orange, yellow and black, on a white background.

麻豆精选artist, biologist unite to design print for national project

Andrea Case sits at a table in Kent State鈥檚 Center for the Visual Arts, carefully contemplating the silhouettes of leaves printed in bold contrasting colors on the paper in front of her. 鈥淎s a non-artist, I still feel comfortable having an opinion about this art, and trying to figure out what it me鈥

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences , School of Art , Center for the Visual Arts , College of Arts , College of Arts and Sciences , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Art , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

Division of Research & Economic Development

Center for Architecture and Design

麻豆精选Environmental Symposium Offers Impressive Slate of Speakers and Activities

What is the role of BioDesign in addressing environmental issues we face locally and globally? What does it mean to "design with life?" 麻豆精选 researchers have some ideas on these matters and will soon put them on full display at one of the institution's top-tier research forums: the鈥

Tags: Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Department of Biological Sciences , Fashion School , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Design Innovation , College of Arts , College of Public Health , College of Arts and Sciences , College of Education, Health and Human Services

Division of Research & Economic Development

麻豆精选Chemist Follows up on Baseball Core Study, Refuting MLB Findings.

In 1901, the 16 Major League Baseball teams produced 455 home runs. Players were discouraged from attempting it. Nearly 120 years later, players couldn鈥檛 seem to help themselves, and MLB smashed all previous records. More homers might mean more exciting games, but some people question why the spike happened. A 麻豆精选 chemist thinks he has some clues about this unusual surge in home runs.

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Baseball

Division of Research & Economic Development

Hirsh posing with tiger

MAKING CAREER DREAMS A REALITY

Morgan Hirsh, a senior Honors College student studying zoology with a minor in French, was inspired to pursue veterinary medicine at least in part by her parents. Her father, whom she says is 鈥渢he smartest person鈥 she knows, is a paramedic, and she says she wants to be like him. However, she knew th鈥

Tags: Honors College , College of Arts and Sciences , veterinary medicine , medicine

Honors College