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91¸£Àû professor Hanbin Mao (middle) co-authored a paper with graduate students Sagun Jonchhe (left) and Prakash Shrestha (right) on the genetic factors influencing the formation of cancer cells.

91¸£Àû Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth

According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017. These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it. An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by 91¸£Àû researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Success Story , Research & Science

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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at 91¸£Àû, reads a poem during the River of Words poetry reading in the center’s Poetry Park.

Wick Poetry Center to Benefit From Ford Foundation's $200,000 Grant to the Poetry Coalition

The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at 91¸£Àû is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the founding members of th…

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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at 91¸£Àû, reads a poem during the River of Words poetry reading in the center’s Poetry Park.

The Ford Foundation to Support the Poetry Coalition With $200,000 Grant

91¸£Àû’s Wick Poetry Center to benefit from grant The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at 91¸£Àû is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy …

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91¸£Àû Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger examines new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated

Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and 91¸£Àû in Ohio have developed a new material that can undulate and therefore propel itself forward under the influence of light. To achieve this, the scientists clamp a strip of this polymer material in a rectangu…

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

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91¸£Àû Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger examines new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated

Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and 91¸£Àû in Ohio have developed a new material that can undulate and therefore propel itself forward under the influence of light. To achieve this, the scientists clamp a strip of this polymer material in a rectangu…

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

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91¸£Àû and MRRI will conduct studies to advance treatments for aphasia.

91¸£Àû and Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute to Conduct NIH Research Study on Rehabilitation for Aphasia

When someone suffers a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or brain tumor, one of the common symptoms is aphasia, a disorder that arises from damage to portions of the brain, usually the left side, that are responsible for language. It impairs the expression and understanding of language as well as read…

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91¸£Àû Professor voices concerns about budget cuts to environmental research.

91¸£Àû Professor Shares Concerns 91¸£Àû Potential Budget Cuts to Scientific Research

Associate Geology Professor Anne Jefferson voices concern over proposed cuts to environmental research.

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Todd Diacon, 91¸£Àû’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, places the President’s Medal on Distinguished Professor of Human Evolutionary Studies C. Owen Lovejoy as 91¸£Àû President Beverly Warren watches.

Educator, Pioneering Scientist and Visionary Owen Lovejoy Receives 91¸£Àû’s Highest Honor

91¸£Àû Distinguished Professor of Human Evolutionary Studies C. Owen Lovejoy, Ph.D., received the President's Medal from President Beverly Warren during the One University Commencement Ceremony on May 13 in Dix Stadium. The President’s Medal is the highest honor conferred by Kent…

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Todd Diacon, 91¸£Àû’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, places the President’s Medal on Distinguished Professor of Human Evolutionary Studies C. Owen Lovejoy as 91¸£Àû President Beverly Warren watches.

President’s Medal Recipient

Educator, pioneering scientist and visionary Owen Lovejoy receives the highest 91¸£Àû honor.
 

Tags: Department of Anthropology , College of Arts and Sciences , Office of the President , Awards and Honors , Success Story

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A student stands vigil on the spot where one of four students was shot on May 4, 1970.

University Commemorates May 4, 1970, Tragedy

91¸£Àû held its 47th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place May 3 and 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provides an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy and …

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