Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡

College of Arts and Sciences

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ researchers use indents and boarders on plates to study how optical illusions help people choose smaller portions.

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡Study Shows How Optical Illusions May Help Fight Obesity

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡researchers build optical illusions into plates to see how they can help us choose smaller portions and ultimately lose weight. 

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Research , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Health , Featured Story

Kent Campus

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger examines new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

Walk This Way

Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger helps develop new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

Tags: Liquid Crystal Institute , College of Arts and Sciences , Research , Success Story

Kent Campus

Eindhoven University of Technology researcher Anne Hélène Gélébart shows the walking device. This small device is the world’s first machine to convert light directly into walking, simply using one fixed light source. (Photo credit: Bart van Overbeeke)

Walk this Way

Professor Robin Selinger of Kent State’s Liquid Crystal Institute® helps develop new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

Tags: Liquid Crystal Institute , College of Arts and Sciences , Research

Kent Campus

Ideastream talks with Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress and infant mortality.

Race, Stress and its Impact on Infant Mortality Among Black Infants

Ideastream® talks with Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ Psychology Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress in black women and ways to reduce the stress before it affects pregnancy.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Health , Featured Story , Department of Psychology , Faculty Research , Research

Flash Feed

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies.

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡Establishes New School of Peace and Conflict Studies

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Center for Applied Conflict Management , Global Reach , Featured Story

Kent Campus

WKYC-TV talks with Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡researchers about the Acting White Accusation.

Acting too White: Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡Psychologist Explains How the Accusation Causes Anxiety

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡Professor Angela Neal-Barnett shares her Acting White Accusation research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org.

 

Tags: Health , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Department of Psychology , College of Arts and Sciences , Featured Story

Flash Feed

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡Receives Multiple Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants From NSF

Several Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ 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…

Tags: Liquid Crystal Institute , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Department of Mathematical Sciences , Biological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , National Science Foundation , Grants , Research , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

Kent Campus

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡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…

Tags: Department of Anthropology , College of Arts and Sciences , Research

Kent Campus

A Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

The Missing Link Between College Renters and Landlords

A Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

Tags: Community & Society , College of Arts and Sciences , Student Success , LaunchNet Kent State , Featured Story

Flash Feed

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., poses beside a map kiosk in downtown Kent that she helped to create.

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡Professor Earns Main Street Kent's Volunteer of the Year Award

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., was honored with the Volunteer of the Year award by Main Street Kent during the organization’s annual awards celebration. Main Street Kent is a nonprofit organization focused on the revitalization of downtown Kent and is an affili…

Tags: Geography , College of Arts and Sciences , Maps , downtown kent

College of Arts & Sciences