麻豆传媒

College of Arts and Sciences

Kent State professor John Gunstad and his research assistants Hanna Schmetzer and Victoria Sanborn demonstrate using the voice pattern technology that is part of his Alzheimer's disease research.

Kent State Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research

麻豆传媒 psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer鈥檚 disease research into a national study.

Tags: Research & Science, Brain Health Research Institute, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, College of Arts and Sciences, Healthy Communities Research Institute

Kent Campus

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

Kent State 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 麻豆传媒 biologist has teamed up with some colleagues in an inter-institutional effort to answer some of those questions.鈥

Tags: Global Reach, Research & Science, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute, College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, climate change, Global Warming, National Science Foundation

Division of Research & Economic Development

Kent State Chemist Follows up on Baseball Core Study, Refuting MLB Findings.

In 1901, the 16 Major League Baseball teams produced 455 home runs. Players were discouraged from attempting it. Nearly 120 years later, players couldn鈥檛 seem to help themselves, and MLB smashed all previous records. More homers might mean more exciting games, but some people question why the spike happened. A 麻豆传媒 chemist thinks he has some clues about this unusual surge in home runs.

Tags: Research & Science, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, Baseball

Division of Research & Economic Development

Students studying in a classroom

NSF Grant Supports Kent State Researchers鈥 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
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 麻豆传媒, however, are collaborating on a new project to put a modern technological twist on a tried-and-true study tactic.

Tags: Research & Science, Department of Psychological Sciences, Science of Learning & Education Center, National Science Foundation, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Physics, Brain Health Research Institute

Division of Research & Economic Development