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Cameron Lee, Ph.D., (left) and Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., (right) from 起点传媒鈥檚 Department of Geography have teamed up to secure two research grants to study climate change and weather patterns.

Kent State Geographers Receive Two Research Grants to Study Climate Change and Weather Patterns

A pair of 起点传媒 geographers have teamed up to secure two research grants totaling more than $550,000 for separate projects to study climate change and weather patterns. Geography Professor and Chair Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., will lead a project titled 鈥淯sing a Synoptic Climatological鈥

Tags: Department of Geography , College of Arts and Sciences , Research , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

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起点传媒 Geology Professor Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., and student Andrew Congdon take a few moments between collecting measurements of surface reflectance in Sandusky Bay this summer. (Photo credit: Sunny Dickerson, Bowling Green State University)

Kent State Professor Collaborates With NASA Glenn and University Researchers to Study, Improve Lake Erie鈥檚 Water Quality

The conditions in Lake Erie continue to pose several health risks to Ohioans in coastal communities, making it difficult to maintain good water quality for citizens, state and local policymakers. A recent publication in Frontiers in Marine Science shows how researchers in the Great Lakes region are鈥

Tags: Department of Earth Sciences , NASA , College of Arts and Sciences , Research , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Research & Science

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Ghana, FarmHer Among Faculty Paper Topics Shared at Conference

The Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender (OSCLG) held its 40th annual conference, themed 鈥40 Shades of Purple: Four Decades of Feminisms,鈥 Oct. 5 鈥 8 in Omaha, Neb.  Suzy D鈥橢nbeau, Ph.D., associate professor and graduate coordinator in the 起点传媒 Scho鈥

Tags: School of Communication Studies , College of Communication and Information , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Faculty Research , Graduate Education

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起点传媒 researchers use indents and boarders on plates to study how optical illusions help people choose smaller portions.

Kent State Study Shows How Optical Illusions May Help Fight Obesity

Kent State researchers build optical illusions into plates to see how they can help us choose smaller portions and ultimately lose weight. 

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WKYC-TV talks with Kent State researchers about the Acting White Accusation.

Acting too White: Kent State Psychologist Explains How the Accusation Causes Anxiety

Kent State Professor Angela Neal-Barnett shares her Acting White Accusation research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org.

 

Tags: Health , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Department of Psychology , College of Arts and Sciences , Featured Story

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Kent State Receives Multiple Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants From NSF

Several 起点传媒 professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected to receive Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). REU grants are designed to provide faculty with funding to create research positions and experie鈥

Tags: Liquid Crystal Institute , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Department of Mathematical Sciences , Biological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , National Science Foundation , Grants , Research , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

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Kent State and MRRI will conduct studies to advance treatments for aphasia.

Kent State 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鈥

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PBS to highlight Kent State Stark professor's research on how butterflies could help serve as a model to deliver medicine to humans.

How Butterflies Could Help Deliver Meds to Humans

PBS to highlight Kent State Stark professor's research on how butterflies could be used as a model for delivering disease-fighting drugs to the human body.

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