BHRI and its members in the news
Kent State Professors Reveal Important Details about the Brain Cells that Control Fertility
March 18, 2022
Kent State researchers’ innovative techniques have unveiled surprising new details about the brain’s fertility cells that may prove useful for treating infertility disorders. After several years of research, Aleisha Moore, Lique Coolen and Michael Lehman published a paper…
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Chirality Research: Will This New Insight Help Make Better Materials or Pharmaceuticals?
March 16, 2022
Chirality, or the absence of mirror symmetry in a molecule, is a complex topic that Material Sciences Professor Torsten Hegmann is determined to know more about. Hegmann, director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, and other Kent State collaborators led…
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Health and Well-Being of Students, Faculty and Staff Brought to Light by Healing Stanzas
Feb. 25, 2022
Students across the nation were challenged as the pandemic swept the world. Healing Stanzas, a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center, the Healthy Communities Research Institute and the Brain Health Research Institute, seeks to combine the science of brain health and…
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Kent State Graduate and Undergraduate Research Mentorship Awards Announced
Feb. 14, 2022
Intentionality to build successful academic mentoring relationships with students is what sets professors apart at Kent State, and each year two professors at the graduate and undergraduate level receive a student-nominated award for their ability to do so. The intent of the…
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Biophysics Professor Becomes the First Recipient at Kent State of an R35 Grant from the National Institutes of Health
Feb. 11, 2022
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins. This is the first time a professor at Kent State has been awarded an R35, which provides promising…
Read More »Hegmann Group Leads International Collaboration and Publishes Work on Chirality Transfer in Science Advances
Feb. 2, 2022
Congratulations to Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., and his research group for leading an international collaboration and publishing their work in Science Advances! Their article, titled “Effects of shape and solute-solvent compatibility on the efficacy of chirality transfer:…
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$850,000 in Funding Awarded for New Nursing School Technology from National Science Foundation
Feb. 1, 2022
Intravenous (IV) needle insertion is a practice that many medical professionals learn and need to master. A new cross-departmental Kent State project in the works will help nursing students improve their skills with cutting-edge technology.
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Now ACCEPTing Students: Kent State Professors Receive HRSA Funding
Nov. 10, 2021
Whether you are attempting to master the art of cooking or trying your hand at DIY home improvement, chances are books, blogs and articles have been written by many qualified experts to help guide the way. Scholars spend countless hours reading page after page - chapter after…
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Excavations and Modifications: 2021 Farris Family Innovation Awards
Sept. 20, 2021
The Farris Family Innovation Awards support the research of tenure-track faculty members who are not yet tenured at Kent State and who have shown promising drive for their field of study. In May 2021, Faculty Affairs announced the recipients of this year's Farris Family…
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Quality of Life: Researchers Exploring Treatments for Spinal Cord Injured Patients
Sept. 7, 2021
A research group in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University is searching for potential treatments for men who have suffered spinal cord injuries and hope to regain bladder control and sexual functions.
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