Research & Science
Collaborative °µÍø½ûÇø Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
°µÍø½ûÇø’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
College Students to Compete in SkyHack Design Challenge at °µÍø½ûÇø
°µÍø½ûÇø’s aviation design challenge, SkyHack, will take place Nov. 1-3. The event draws college students from around the nation, attracting 120 students from 14 universities in four states in its 2017 inaugural debut. °µÍø½ûÇø’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering will serve as home base for this year’s event, which will span across other Kent Campus buildings.
NIH Continues Support of °µÍø½ûÇø Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant
Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like °µÍø½ûÇø’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
°µÍø½ûÇø Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences
One of °µÍø½ûÇø’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in °µÍø½ûÇø’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that has about 660 members from 45 nations, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners.
°µÍø½ûÇø Geographer Describes Novel Weather-Typing Model in New Paper
Research into the air masses that drive changes in our day-to-day weather has been limited by land-based and regional studies, leaving wide gaps in our understanding of these impactful phenomena. A new paper by a °µÍø½ûÇø geographer has just filled in most of those gaps.
NSF Award Helps °µÍø½ûÇø Anthropologists Expand International Partnership
The (NSF) recently awarded °µÍø½ûÇø a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .
°µÍø½ûÇø Magazine: Brainstorming
Cross-departmental collaborations are what Michael Lehman, the inaugural director of °µÍø½ûÇø’s Brain Health Research Institute, envisions for the future. His goal is to unite researchers from a wide range of disciplines at °µÍø½ûÇø and throughout Northeast Ohio to explore, expand and advance our knowledge of the human brain and how it functions.
°µÍø½ûÇø Professor Weighs in on New Research Regarding Burnout
Researchers from the University of Washington and Washington University, along with other collaborators, are seeking answers to those questions. They studied the brains of mice to identify what causes them to stop seeking a reward — in essence, what makes them burn out.
New Methodologies Developed in °µÍø½ûÇø Geology Professor's Lab Improve Monitoring of Lakes and Oceans
After years of remote sensing work, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at °µÍø½ûÇø, and his research team recently shared their development of new cost-efficient methodologies that may lead to much safer drinking water for people in Ohio and other municipalities affected by harmful algal blooms (HAB).
NIH Funds °µÍø½ûÇø Psychologist’s Project to Teach Children Food Allergy Safety Skills
A °µÍø½ûÇø researcher with a background in safety training models — and a very personal motivation — has devised a method to help some children with food allergies stay safe, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just granted him the funding to test it.