College of Arts and Sciences
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Biologist Lands NIH Grant to Research Cannabinoids’ Effect on Sleep Cycles
There are two cycles most people can’t avoid — sleep and the news. And If you’re awake, you can’t help hearing the news reporting about cannabinoids. A Â鶹¾«Ñ¡researcher may soon have news about how these substances affect our body’s natural clock. Dr. Eric Mintz, Professor of Biological Scienc…
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡and University of Akron Team Up to Develop Online Treatment for Neurological Condition
Researchers at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ and the University of Akron have partnered to develop a new intervention program for a relatively common but largely unrecognized neurological condition. Dr. Doug Delahanty, Professor of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Associate V…
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Healthcare Design Researcher Receives $2.47 Million to Design Safer and More Efficient Level I Trauma Rooms
Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.
Collaborative Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences
One of Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that includes about 660 member…Interdisciplinary Student Team To Travel to International Competition in Brazil
Thirteen cross-disciplinary teams presented in the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡competition for Mission:Life on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. The winning team, Virtual Harmony, will be presenting their concept in the international competition at the PUCPR University in Brazil on November 11. Virtual Harmony is a novel …
NIH Continues Support of Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant
Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
Celebrating Our Own & Open Mic
The Wick Poetry Center held the Celebrating Our Own Poetry Reading and Open Mic on Thursday, Oct. 3. The reading started at 7:30 p.m. in the Wick Poetry Corner on the 2nd floor of Kent State’s University Library. The event was held to celebrate the 2019 Undergraduate Poetry Scholarship winners, who…
NSF Award Helps Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Anthropologists Expand International Partnership
The (NSF) recently awarded Â鶹¾«Ñ¡a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .
