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Deric Kenne, Ph.D., Discusses Their Drug Prevention Infrastructure on Spectrum News 1

Researchers Discuss Drug Prevention Infrastructure for Three Ohio Counties

Researchers at 91¸£Àû were featured on Spectrum News 1 discussing the development and implementation of their drug prevention infrastructure for three Ohio counties.

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(Left) Dr. Mary Dozier, a developmental psychologist at the University of Delaware; (Right) Dr. Jamil Zaki, a social neuroscientist at Stanford University

Empathy Researchers to Speak at 91¸£Àû on Dec. 5

The Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91¸£Àû, in partnership with the national public radio affiliate WKSU 89.7 FM and the KSU Brain Health Research Institute, will host the first of a two-part distinguished speaker series “How Science Can Hel…

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Carved stone brain statue at 91¸£Àû

91¸£Àû and University of Akron Team Up to Develop Online Treatment for Neurological Condition

Researchers at 91¸£Àû and the University of Akron have partnered to develop a new intervention program for a relatively common but largely unrecognized neurological condition. Dr. Doug Delahanty, Professor of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Associate V…

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Brain Health Research Institute , Health , Healthy Communities Research Institute , Research & Science

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Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D., serves as coordinator and Elliot Professor in the Healthcare Design Program in 91¸£Àû's College of Architecture and Environmental Design.

91¸£Àû Healthcare Design Researcher Receives $2.47 Million to Design Safer and More Efficient Level I Trauma Rooms

Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a 91¸£Àû researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.

Tags: Health , Research & Science , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Brain Health Research Institute , College of Nursing , Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences

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Photo of Deric Kenne and Ruoming Jin

Collaborative 91¸£Àû Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties

91¸£Àû’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.

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Students pose for a photo while presenting their project during SkyHack, 91¸£Àû’s aviation design challenge.

College Students to Compete in SkyHack Design Challenge at 91¸£Àû

91¸£Àû’s aviation design challenge, SkyHack, will take place Nov. 1-3. The event draws college students from around the nation, attracting 120 students from 14 universities in four states in its 2017 inaugural debut. 91¸£Àû’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering will serve as home base for this year’s event, which will span across other Kent Campus buildings.

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Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D. (right), professor of biological sciences at 91¸£Àû, works with a student in her lab.

NIH Continues Support of 91¸£Àû Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant

Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like 91¸£Àû’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.

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91¸£Àû Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., has been elected to the prestigious European Academy of Sciences.

91¸£Àû Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences

One of 91¸£Àû’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in 91¸£Àû’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that has about 660 members from 45 nations, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners.

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A bonobo stares back at the camera while another walks away

NSF Award Helps 91¸£Àû Anthropologists Expand International Partnership

The (NSF) recently awarded 91¸£Àû a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .

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

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An image of the globe over North America, showing increased warm weather in a yellow-to-red scale

91¸£Àû Geographer Describes Novel Weather-Typing Model in New Paper

Research into the air masses that drive changes in our day-to-day weather has been limited by land-based and regional studies, leaving wide gaps in our understanding of these impactful phenomena. A new paper by a 91¸£Àû geographer has just filled in most of those gaps.

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Geography , College of Arts and Sciences , climate change

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