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91福利 Biologist Lands NIH Grant to Research Cannabinoids鈥 Effect on Sleep Cycles

There are two cycles most people can鈥檛 avoid 鈥 sleep and the news. And If you鈥檙e awake, you can鈥檛 help hearing the news reporting about cannabinoids. A 91福利 researcher may soon have news about how these substances affect our body鈥檚 natural clock. Eric Mintz studies the human body鈥檚 circadian rhythms, which affect the sleeping-waking cycle.

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Brain Health Research Institute is helping transform the culture of 91福利

The Brain Health Research Institute Is Helping Transform the Culture of 91福利

The Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) may be a recent development at 91福利, but with fresh leadership, emerging partnerships and a refined vision, it鈥檚 well on its way to gaining national renown. The Brain Health Research Institute is helping transform the culture of 91福利.

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Special Guest Lecture with Dr. Michael W. Beck

Renowned Marine Scientist Michael Beck to Discuss Coastal Conservation on March 4

Renowned marine scientist Michael W. Beck, Ph.D., will discuss the importance of coastal conservation at a free lecture on March 4. Beck, a research professor in the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, focuses on conserving our coastlines in an effort to reduce the risks of storm surges and flooding to property, people and our planet and will speak at 7 p.m. March 4 in Auditorium 101 in the Science & Nursing Building at 91福利 at Stark.

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Rachel Armstrong, of Newcastle University (U.K.) stands near a beach at night.

Internationally Renowned Biodesign Scholar to Headline 91福利 Symposium

Just like the research that goes into understanding and applying a complicated concept like biodesign, holding an entire symposium devoted to it is no small undertaking. So, when a world-renowned scholar on the subject agreed to come do some of the heavy lifting, 91福利 was elat鈥

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Lauren Kinsman-Costello, assistant professor of biological sciences at 91福利, stands in a field in the arctic circle, in Sweden.

91福利 Biologist Joins Tennessee, Toledo Colleagues to Study Arctic Climate Change Effects

In early February, scientists reported the hottest temperature on record in Antarctica: 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Studies show climate change is disproportionately affecting the poles, warming them faster than anywhere else on Earth, and raising questions about what kinds of changes we can expect in arctic ecosystems as temperatures rise. 鈥ˋ 91福利 biologist has teamed up with some colleagues in an inter-institutional effort to answer some of those questions.鈥

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Beluga Whale

91福利 Research Review: Researchers End Ongoing Beluga Whale Debate

A new collaborative study between researchers at 91福利 and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) has confirmed a way to determine the age of beluga whales - a topic that has been the center of much debate.

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NSF Grant Supports 91福利 Researchers' Plan to Help Students Improve Study Habits

      The 鈥淐鈥 in 鈥渃ollege鈥 might as well stand for 鈥渃ramming.鈥濃嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧 鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧 Studies show students are notoriously bad at adopting and adhering consistently to high-impact study habits that help them retain knowledge long-term. Researchers and faculty at 91福利 Un鈥

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Case and McMahon's print, depicting overlapping plants in blue, pink, purple, orange, yellow and black, on a white background.

91福利 artist, biologist unite to design print for national project

Andrea Case sits at a table in 91福利鈥檚 Center for the Visual Arts, carefully contemplating the silhouettes of leaves printed in bold contrasting colors on the paper in front of her. 鈥淎s a non-artist, I still feel comfortable having an opinion about this art, and trying to figure out what it me鈥

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Researchers Study Infection Risk Reduction Program

Athlete Infection Control Program Piloted at 91福利

A recent study about a new infection control program was recently piloted that strategically placed hand sanitizers and a surface disinfectant spray throughout athletic training rooms in two high schools and two colleges in Northeast Ohio, including 91福利.

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91福利 Environmental Symposium Offers Impressive Slate of Speakers and Activities

What is the role of BioDesign in addressing environmental issues we face locally and globally? What does it mean to "design with life?" 91福利 researchers have some ideas on these matters and will soon put them on full display at one of the institution's top-tier research forums: the鈥

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