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91¸£Àû Study Shows How Optical Illusions May Help Fight Obesity

91¸£Àû researchers build optical illusions into plates to see how they can help us choose smaller portions and ultimately lose weight. 

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Health , Featured Story , Research & Science

Walk This Way

Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger helps develop new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Success Story , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

Walk this Way

Professor Robin Selinger of 91¸£Àû’s Liquid Crystal Institute^® helps develop new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

Race, Stress and its Impact on Infant Mortality Among Black Infants

Ideastream® talks with 91¸£Àû Psychology Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress in black women and ways to reduce the stress before it affects pregnancy.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Health , Featured Story , Faculty Research , Department of Psychological Sciences , Research & Science

91¸£Àû Establishes New School of Peace and Conflict Studies

91¸£Àû’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Center for Applied Conflict Management , Featured Story , Global Reach

Acting too White: 91¸£Àû Psychologist Explains How the Accusation Causes Anxiety

91¸£Àû Professor Angela Neal-Barnett shares her Acting White Accusation research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org.

 

Tags: Health , College of Arts and Sciences , Featured Story , Department of Psychological Sciences , Research & Science

91¸£Àû Receives Multiple Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants From NSF

Several 91¸£Àû professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected to receive Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). REU grants are designed to provide faculty with funding to create research positions and experie…

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Department of Mathematical Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , National Science Foundation , Grants , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Department of Biological Sciences , Research & Science

91¸£Àû Researchers Help Find Pathologic Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease in Aged Chimpanzee Brains

Dementia affects one-third of all people older than 65 years in the United States. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive, irreversible brain disease that results in impaired cognitive functioning and other behavioral changes. Humans are considered uniquely susc…

Tags: Department of Anthropology , College of Arts and Sciences , Research & Science

The Missing Link Between College Renters and Landlords

A 91¸£Àû entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

Tags: Community & Society , College of Arts and Sciences , Student Success , LaunchNet 91¸£Àû , Featured Story

91¸£Àû Professor Earns Main Street Kent's Volunteer of the Year Award

91¸£Àû Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., was honored with the Volunteer of the Year award by Main Street Kent during the organization’s annual awards celebration. Main Street Kent is a nonprofit organization focused on the revitalization of downtown Kent and is an affili…

Tags: Geography , College of Arts and Sciences , downtown kent , City of Kent