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NFL Names 91福利鈥檚 Jordan Italiano one of College Football鈥檚 Smartest Players

91福利鈥檚 Jordan Italiano is getting national attention for his performance both on the field and in the classroom. NFL.com has named Italiano to its 15 for 鈥15 series. The NFL looks for players who make significant on-field contributions and demonstrate strong academic abilities. Re鈥

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , College of Arts and Sciences , Success Story , Student Success

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Lisa Hager, a 91福利 political science doctoral student, has been selected as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow.

91福利 Doctoral Student to Gain Firsthand Experience on Capitol Hill

What is the best way to truly understand the inner workings of the U.S. Congress? Not through watching the news or reading a textbook. Washington, D.C., insiders will tell you that you need to actually be on 鈥渢he inside鈥 and get firsthand experience, with access to closed-door meetings.  Lis鈥

Tags: Department of Political Science , College of Arts and Sciences , Student Success , Success Story

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91福利 Professors Use Satellite Imagery to Better Understand the Landscape of the Cambodian Genocide

91福利 recently received a $330,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to use historical satellite imagery and archival research to study landscapes of mass violence in Cambodia during and after the regime of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979. The collaborative project, led b鈥

Tags: Department of Geography , College of Arts and Sciences , National Science Foundation , Research & Science

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91福利 Graduate Student Wins Silver Award From Materials Research Society

Anshul Sharma, a graduate student in 91福利鈥檚 Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded the Silver Graduate Student Award at the Materials Research Society鈥檚 2015 Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. She was recognized for her 鈥

Tags: Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program , College of Arts and Sciences , Awards and Honors , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

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91福利鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute Hosts Chirality Symposium June 4-5

91福利鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute庐 will host a symposium called 鈥淐hirality at the Nanoscale鈥 on June 4-5 in the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus.    鈥淭his event features internationally renowned scientists presenting cutting-edge research on one of the key central to鈥

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91福利 Biological Sciences Researcher Receives $1.8 Million NIH Grant for Chronic Wound Healing

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded 91福利鈥檚 Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $1,842,350 five-year grant. The grant from the NIH鈥檚 National Institute of Nursing Research is to develop 鈥渘anobombs,鈥 a na鈥

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , National Institutes of Health , Grants , Research & Science

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91福利 student Lewis Sharpnack studies the structure of smectic liquid crystal phases in Physics Professor Satyendra Kumar鈥檚 laboratory in the Science Research Building.

91福利 Physics Doctoral Student to Attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

What does it take to become great in your field? Certainly motivation, dedication and creativity are important, but what about inspiration? For young scientists, that inspiration can come from a variety of places, including interactions with colleagues and especially the top scientists in their fiel鈥

Tags: Department of Physics , College of Arts and Sciences , Student Success , Success Story

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Physics Graduate Student Lewis Sharpnack will attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in late June.

91福利 Physics Doctoral Student to Attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

What does it take to become great in your field?  Certainly motivation, dedication and creativity are important, but what about inspiration?  For young scientists that inspiration can come from a variety of places, including interactions with colleagues and especially the top scientists in鈥

Tags: Department of Physics , College of Arts and Sciences , Science , National Science Foundation , Research & Science

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91福利 to Help Akron Students Earn College Credit Without Leaving High School

  Reading, writing and arithmetic are getting a college-styled makeover in two Akron, Ohio, high schools. Through a $480,000 grant from the Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation, the partnership called College Today will send 91福利 instructors into Ellet High Schoo鈥

Tags: College of Education, Health and Human Services , Division of Institutional Advancement , College of Arts and Sciences

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91福利 faculty, staff, students and campus visitors gather on the 91福利 Commons and Blanket Hill for the 45th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970.

91福利 Marks 45th Annual May 4 Commemoration

91福利 held its 45th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events April 30-May 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy and also 鈥

Tags: May 4 Commemoration , May 4 Task Force , May 4 Visitors Center , College of Arts and Sciences , Success Story

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