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Researcher Receives Additional Funding for Mental Health Study in Older Ages

Sept. 25, 2020

The National Institute of Health granted additional funding to Kent State University researcher Karin Coifman, Ph.D., bringing her total award amount to more than $3 million to support her research on mental well-being and…

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Anthropology Team Brings Home the 2020 Ig Nobel Award for Materials Science

Sept. 18, 2020

In 2019, a team of researchers in Kent State’s Department of Anthropology published its “prize-winning” research article titled “Experimental replication shows knives…

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"None of us are free until we all are."

Sept. 16, 2020

“None of us are free until we all are.” This sentence resonated with the hundreds of students who attended the peaceful Black Lives Matter protests last Thursday and Friday; cheering in response as they marched from the K, to Oscar Richie Hall, and finally to the rock. Students…

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Biological Sciences Faculty to Lead H2Ohio Wetlands Monitoring Program

Sept. 11, 2020

Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program Lead for Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN). The group will assess the effectiveness…

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Geology Professor and Science Historian Co-Author Article Exploring Eunice Foote’s Climate Experiments From 1856

Aug. 26, 2020

Recently, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the Department of Geology in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Science, partnered with Sir Roland Jackson, Ph.D., a historian of…

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Honorary Degree Conferred Upon Renowned Neuroscientist Alumnus

Aug. 10, 2020

Kent State University has conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree on alumnus Earl K. Miller, Ph.D., a world-renowned neuroscientist.

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Department of Energy Selects Two Kent State Biology Ph.D. Students for Prestigious Research Program

June 1, 2020

Two Kent State University students, in the College of Arts and Sciences, were among 62 students from 50 different U.S. universities recently selected for funding by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.

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Queer Pandemic: Resilience in Times of Crisis

May 29, 2020

International project to study COVID-19’s impact on the UK’s LGBTQ+ population announced.

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Physicists Analyze Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Medical Sensing

May 28, 2020

The medical and science communities are always seeking new ways to study and monitor organs and common diseases to improve human health and quality of life.   While there is a seemingly endless need for versatile, low-cost, yet highly sensitive biochemical sensor devices,…

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