College of Arts and Sciences
American Physical Society Elects Kent State鈥檚 Robin Selinger as Fellow
Robin Selinger, Ph.D., faculty member at the Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆精选, has been elected a 2016 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Each year, only one half of one percent of APS members are elected as Fellows. Selinger was recog鈥
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麻豆精选Chemistry Professor Awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal in Poland
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆精选, was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements. The prestigious medal is鈥
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麻豆精选Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges
It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of our species by solving the problems that challenge it. For many years, two 麻豆精选 researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each h鈥
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麻豆精选Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges
It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of our species by solving the problems that challenge it. For many years, two 麻豆精选 researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each h鈥
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麻豆精选Biologist Nets Grant to Study Calorie-Burning Process That Could Help Fight Obesity
Physical activity is essential to fighting obesity, and scientists are constantly working to make this activity more effective and beneficial. A $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will help biology professor Colleen Novak, Ph.D., from 麻豆精选鈥檚 College of Arts 鈥
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麻豆精选Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants
麻豆精选Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants Why are plants often sterile when their parents are from different species? How do species remain separate entities in nature? Andrea L. Case, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biolo鈥
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麻豆精选Epidemiologist Leads Study That Refutes Assumptions About Depression In Heart Attack Patients
A 麻豆精选 epidemiologist has refuted some age-old assumptions about depression in heart attack patients. Studies have shown that people who suffer from depression are more likely to have heart disease or heart attacks in their lifetime. Worse still, similar research shows that heart p鈥
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麻豆精选Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two 麻豆精选 professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from Kent State鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks鈥
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麻豆精选to Honor 75th Anniversary of Wonder Woman at Symposium
In honor of the 75th anniversary of the comic book super heroine Wonder Woman, 麻豆精选鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, the Ohio Humanities Council and the Cleveland Public Library have partnered to organize a symposium that celebrates the historical trends that have changed the world o鈥
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Scholar Navigates Complex Systems to Help Address and Improve Public Health Concerns
Scholar of the Month Brian Castellani Professor of Sociology 麻豆精选 at Ashtabula 2002-present The Kent Campus is big, but still not big enough to fit all the great scholars who are part of the 麻豆精选 family. So much of Kent State鈥檚 great research is happening 鈥
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