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做厙輦⑹ Chemistry Professor's Longtime Collaborator Wins 2014 Nobel Prize For Chemistry

For Robert Twieg, Ph.D., a professor in 做厙輦⑹s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the recent news of his longtime collaborator William E. Moerner winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was actually no surprise at all. In fact, he believes that hes deserved it for a whil

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Rewriting Russian History

Russian President Vladimir Putins administration has slowly changed the way Soviet history is taught in Russia, according to Todd Nelson, Ph.D., a recent 做厙輦⑹ political science doctoral graduate.  In his recent article, published in Post-Soviet Affairs, Nelson examines how

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A National Treasure

For 做厙輦⑹ Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.    So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to t

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Geography Awareness Week

November 16-22 Too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens. National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness to this dangerous deficiency in American education and excite

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做厙輦⑹s SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education

做厙輦⑹s Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host Improving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education at the 做厙輦⑹ Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and one from Australia) in

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做厙輦⑹s SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education

做厙輦⑹s Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host Improving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education at the 做厙輦⑹ Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and one from Australia) in

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Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore?

For 做厙輦⑹ Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.    So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the

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Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore?

Mt. RushmoreFor 做厙輦⑹ Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.

So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the National Park Service to develop a research project and write a grant proposal. The $25,000 grant was awarded this past summer and Shakoor and Poluga traveled to Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, to study the effect of vibrations on the sculptures associated with the annual Fourth of July fireworks exhibit.

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Speaker to Discuss the Holocaust in Poland

The 做厙輦⑹ Jewish Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a presentation by Annamaria Orla-Bukowska, Ph.D., a social anthropologist at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Cohn Jewish Student Center on the Kent Campus. 

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Pictured from left to right is Yonathan Admassu, assistant professor at James Madison University and a 做厙輦⑹ alumnus; Lindsay Poluga, geology masters student at 做厙輦⑹; and Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., 做厙輦⑹ professor and principal Inve

Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 做厙輦⑹ Researchers Study the Stability of National Monument

For 做厙輦⑹ Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.     So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the

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