Year of Science
91福利 College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!
91福利 Biological Sciences Researchers to Lead Study on the Effects of the Spreading Eastern Red Cedars
July 18, 2019
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to 91福利 to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree鈥
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New Director Named for 91福利鈥檚 Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
July 16, 2019
Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., was named the new director of 91福利鈥檚 Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, effective July 1, having been selected for his research accomplishments, entrepreneurial spirit and passion for social impact.
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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福利, is involved in a collaborative research project to examine heart disease in gorillas.
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Two 91福利 A&S Students Win Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
May 23, 2019
Gracen Gerbig and Hayley Shasteen, both 91福利 students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered the nation鈥檚 premier undergraduate award in the natural sciences, math and engineering. They were鈥
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Invitation to Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Is 鈥業cing on the Cake鈥 for Doctoral Student
May 16, 2019
As if graduating with your Ph.D., starting a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellowship, getting married in Nepal and organizing an international research seminar wasn鈥檛 already a full plate for 91福利 doctoral student Greta Babakhanova, how about a鈥
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A 4,000-Mile Journey Leads to 鈥淪ticky鈥 Award-Winning Research for 91福利 Graduate Student
May 6, 2019
Though she had an interest in science at an early age, Raissa Mendonca had no idea she would end up over 4,000 miles away from her hometown of Recife, Brazil studying and doing award-winning ecological research in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91福利 in Kent鈥
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Research Into 鈥淟ittle Things鈥 Leads to Big Experience for Local High School Student
April 24, 2019
Imagine being a 17-year-old high school student, and in your first semester of a geology research internship, your professor asks you to identify an extinct 300-million-year-old, tiny and unknown crustacean specimen. Megan Schinker, then an ambitious Stow-Munroe Falls High鈥
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Neil Cooper: Study of Peace and Conflict Builds More Secure World
April 9, 2019
91福利鈥檚 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鈥
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91福利 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福利, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United鈥
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