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Research & Science

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Approaching the Complex Questions: New School Offers Multidisciplinary Research and Learning

Kent State has established a new school within its College of Arts and Sciences focused on the social sciences and humanities. The School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities will provide an academic home for innovative approaches to complex questions.

Tags: Student Life, Research & Science, Community & Society, School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, Julie Mazzei, Social Sciences, Humanities

College of Arts & Sciences

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Kent State Announces Winners Of The Faculty Outstanding Research And Scholarship Award

Kent State'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 Kent State 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

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ students make their way to the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus.

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

A research group in the College of Arts and Sciences at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ 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, Lique Coolen, Biological Sciences, Brain Health Research Institute, College of Arts & Sciences, Spinal Cord Injury, Sexual Function, Neuroscience, U.S. Department of Defense, Pre-clinical research, Treatments, Institutes and Initiatives

Brain Health Research Institute

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Kent State Announces Winners of the New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award

Kent State 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 Kent State 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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½'s School of Information working in partnership with Kent State’s 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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½ 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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½â€™s Department of Geography, recently received NASA’s 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