College of Sciences and Humanities
Will This New Superpower Molecule Revolutionize Science?
In a new study, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Professor Hanbin Mao and other researchers report the creation of an artificial molecule with superpowers. It has the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology – and it also explains one of nature’s intriguing enigmas: Why do we have a right hand and a left hand?
Kent State’s Giving Tuesday Inspires Transformational Gifts Early in the Monthlong Campaign
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s season of giving launched on Nov. 1 with Giving Tuesday, a monthlong celebration of philanthropy. Now halfway through the campaign, the generosity of the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡community has already begun to shine.
Now ACCEPTing Students: Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Professors Receive HRSA Funding
Whether you are attempting to master the art of cooking or trying your hand at DIY home improvement, chances are books, blogs and articles have been written by many qualified experts to help guide the way. Scholars spend countless hours reading page after page - chapter after chapter to gain compreh…
New Collaboration to Provide Real-Time Data Exchanges for Astrophysicists
What happens when two neutron stars collide? What extreme densities and temperatures are reached? What new states of matter exist within the core of a neutron star? One Â鶹¾«Ñ¡College of Arts and Sciences theoretical astrophysicist, Veronica Dexheimer, associate professor in the Department of Physics, is diving headfirst into these questions as a co-principal investigator collaborating with her peers at multiple institutions on a recently funded cyberinfrastructure research grant project.
Excavations and Modifications: 2021 Farris Family Innovation Awards
The Farris Family Innovation Awards support the research of tenure-track faculty members who are not yet tenured at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡and who have shown promising drive for their field of study. In May 2021, Faculty Affairs announced the recipients of this year's Farris Family Innovation Awards: Michelle …
Quality of Life: Researchers Exploring Treatments for Spinal Cord Injured Patients
A research group in the College of Arts and Sciences at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ is searching for potential treatments for men who have suffered spinal cord injuries and hope to regain bladder control and sexual functions.
Art and Hope Intersect: Â鶹¾«Ñ¡and University of Arizona Launch Global Vaccine Poem Project
Update: The Global Vaccine Poem project is finding success with more than 1,900 submissions so far from more than 100 countries. The project is a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
Sun, Summer and Science: Professors Receive Inclusive NSF Grant
Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Torsten Hegmann, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Materials Science Graduate Program and Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), may be working in different fields of research, but th…
Sun, Summer and Science: Professors Receive Inclusive NSF Grant
Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Torsten Hegmann, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Materials Science Graduate Program and Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), may be working in different fields of research, but th…
