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Collaborative 91¸£Àû Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
Oct. 30, 2019
91¸£Àû’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.
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NIH Continues Support of 91¸£Àû Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant
Oct. 17, 2019
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 91¸£Àû’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
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Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All 91¸£Àû
July 25, 2019
Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research…
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Understanding What Makes Captive Gorilla Hearts Tick
June 27, 2019
Mary Ann Raghanti, Ph.D., anthropology professor and chair in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91¸£Àû, is involved in a collaborative research project to examine heart disease in gorillas.
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Neil Cooper: Study of Peace and Conflict Builds More Secure World
April 9, 2019
91¸£Àû’s inaugural director of the new School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Neil Cooper, Ph.D., said as the university builds toward the 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970, and the 50th anniversary of the school, he is looking forward to working with colleagues on…
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91¸£Àû Geography Professor Elected President of American Association of Geographers
April 2, 2019
David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91¸£Àû, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United…
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Exciting Future Predicted for Brain Health Research Institute
Feb. 27, 2019
With great hope and expectations for the future of brain health research at 91¸£Àû, President Beverly J. Warren introduced Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., as the inaugural director of the university’s Brain Health Research Institute on Feb. 25.
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91¸£Àû Names Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., Inaugural Director of Brain Health Research Institute
Feb. 25, 2019
Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., a leader in the field of neuroendocrinology and circadian rhythms, is the newly appointed director of 91¸£Àû’s Brain Health Research Institute.
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91¸£Àû Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions 91¸£Àû Global Change
Jan. 10, 2019
The work of 153 ecological researchers from 40 countries, including 91¸£Àû Assistant Professor Dave Costello, Ph.D., from the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has revealed new findings on the effect of climatic factors on…
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91¸£Àû Biologist Wins Grant to Study Neurological Roots of Chronic Stress and Fear
Oct. 25, 2018
People who suffer trauma will, with few exceptions, never forget what happened to them, but a 91¸£Àû researcher may be able to offer them the hope of living without constant fear and anxiety.
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