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A close-up shot of a bee on a flower in the Beyer-Murin Gardens on the Kent Campus. Photo by Robert Christy

麻豆精选Biological Sciences Professor Helps Lead International Research Coordination Network to Study Insect Decline

Over half of the described species in the world are insects. Although many people think of insects as pests, they play vital roles and have a big impact on our invaluable ecosystems, as pollinators, helping break down wastes, and as an essential food source for many other organisms.

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Biological Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , Science , National Science Foundation , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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Physics professor receives DOE grant to study the quark-gluon plasma

Up until approximately 10^(-5) seconds after the Big Bang, the Universe was is a primordial state of matter called a quark-gluon plasma (QGP).  This is due to the fact that the early Universe was extremely hot and in such a hot environment normal matter, e.g., atoms, atomic nuclei, and even neutrons and protons, did not exist.

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Physics professor receives NIH grants to study membrane proteins

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins.  As an add-on the NIH awarded Dr. Schmidt an instrumentation grant for a high-end Atomic Force Microscope.

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Physics Professor receives R35 Grant from the National Institutes for Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins.  As an add-on the NIH awarded Dr. Schmidt an instrumentation grant for a high-end Atomic Force Microscope.

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Physics

Felix Kumah-Abiwu photographed by Melissa Olson

麻豆精选Africana Studies Professor Appointed Non-Resident Fellow of Nkafu Policy Institute

The Nkafu Policy Institute recently appointed Ghana native Felix Kumah-Abiwu, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at 麻豆精选, one of its Non-Resident Fellows in Governance & Democracy.

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Jake Mansfield (BA '21) Taking An Exam at New River Gorge

Rocking Out. Recent Graduate Took Exams To New Heights

Remote learning means students can study and take their exams virtually -- make that literally -- anywhere. 

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Study examines the relationship between hazing severity and group solidarity in an anonymous U.S. fraternity.

Groundbreaking Study of Fraternity Hazing Co-Authored by 麻豆精选Researcher Reveals Little Connection to Group Solidarity

麻豆精选鈥檚 newest anthropologist, Assistant Professor Aldo Cimino, Ph.D., has made it his life鈥檚 work to understand the causes and consequences of hazing, including the possible generation of solidarity. He and his co-author recently published an on this question in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior. 

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David Disabato, Ph.D. (right)

Postdoc Explores Psychological Well-Being and the Positive Side of Mental Health

The College of Arts and Sciences wishes to congratulate David Disabato, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychological Sciences at 麻豆精选, who recently landed a tenure-track faculty position at Baldwin Wallace University, near Cleveland! After earning his Ph.D. at Ge鈥

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , mental health

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Chemistry professor working with student at lab

STEM Professors Receive NSF ADVANCE Grant to Explore Impact of Gender and Other Factors on Workload of STEM Faculty

鈥淲ho is Counted and What Counts: Tracking Women鈥檚 Engagement in Low-Prestige/High-Workload Service Activities at 麻豆精选鈥 will examine whether faculty members with underrepresented and/or historically excluded intersecting gender and racial/ethnic identities (IGREs) perform more high-workload, low-prestige service work than their faculty peers.

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