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91福利 Announces Winners Of The Faculty Outstanding Research And Scholarship Award

91福利's Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., in the Department of Computer Science and Tara Smith, Ph.D., in the College of Public Health are the winners of the 2021 Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work and dedication of faculty members who have been with 91福利 for more than 10 years. Read more about the winners and how they display the highest levels of scholarship.

Tags: Research & Science , College of Public Health , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Computer Science , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Healthy Communities Research Institute , Institutes and Initiatives

Division of Research & Economic Development

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Quality of Life: Researchers Exploring Treatments for Spinal Cord Injured Patients

A research group in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91福利 is searching for potential treatments for men who have suffered spinal cord injuries and hope to regain bladder control and sexual functions.

Tags: Research & Science , Brain Health Research Institute , College of Arts and Sciences , Neuroscience , Institutes and Initiatives , Department of Biological Sciences

Brain Health Research Institute

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91福利 Announces Winners of the New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award

91福利 has announced the winners of the 2021 New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work of junior faculty members who have been with 91福利 for less than 10 years. The 2021 winners are Shana Klein, Ph.D., in the School of Art and Metin Eren, Ph.D., in the Department of Anthropology. 

Tags: Research & Science , School of Art , College of the Arts , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Anthropology , Brain Health Research Institute , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Institutes and Initiatives

Division of Research & Economic Development

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iSchool and College of Nursing Secure $100,000 Grant Researching Libraries and Childhood Development

A research team from 91福利's School of Information working in partnership with 91福利鈥檚 College of Nursing received a National Leadership Planning Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS) for $99,982. The funds will support the first stages of what investigators have named Project SHIELD (Supporting Healthy Infant Early Learning and Development).

Tags: Health , Research & Science , Brain Health Research Institute , Institutes and Initiatives

College of Communication & Information

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Researchers Take a Closer Look at Nitrogen in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico

Researchers from 91福利 and the University of New Mexico determined how nitrogen-fixing plants and soil microbes contribute to the overall nitrogen availability in the Chihuahuan desert in New Mexico.

Tags: Research & Science , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Department of Biological Sciences , Institutes and Initiatives

Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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Professor Receives NASA New Investigator Award

He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in 91福利鈥檚 Department of Geography, recently received NASA鈥檚 New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science. Yin will lead evaluation and research of the devastating effects that the Syrian civil war has had on croplands throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Geography , College of Arts and Sciences , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Institutes and Initiatives

Division of Research & Economic Development

91福利 Alumna Allison Brager Is on Track to Become an Astronaut

91福利 Alumna and Army Neuroscientist Hopes to Become Astronaut

91福利 Alumna, Allison Brager, Ph.D., is pursuing her lifelong dream to become an astronaut. Brager, who is a major in the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, has been in the application process for two years in hopes of becoming an astronaut candidate. A Northeast Ohio native, Br鈥

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91福利 Today

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Aeronautics Professor Shares Ideas on Airport Ground Transportation

Whether hailing a taxi or using an app to call an Uber or Lyft, travelers are best served when airports collaborate with a variety of transportation network companies.  Ideas on how airports can create the best ground transportation networks for their customers were shared by I. Richmond Nette鈥

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91福利 Today

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From Kent to Cleveland: The Importance Of DE&I

The words  鈥渄iversity,鈥  鈥渆quity鈥 and 鈥渋nclusion鈥 are all terms that are oftentimes used interchangeably when referring to social justice within the workplace; however, each serves an essential role in the development of a truly equal and prosperous society.  Albert Green, Ph.D., d鈥

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Division of Research & Economic Development

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Lighting a fire(fly): Biological Sciences Researcher Helps Teachers Get Messy with Data

Julia Perrone, research technician and lab manager of the Bahlai computational ecology lab in the 91福利 Department of Biological Sciences, wants teachers and students to get a chance to understand ecology and data science from a hands-on perspective. Perrone, a recent graduate of 91福利鈥檚 M鈥

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences , Research & Science , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

College of Arts & Sciences