From teaching the basics of economics to pushing her students to think critically and deeply in her senior seminar course, Kathryn Wilson, Ph.D., professor of economics at Kent State University, designs her courses with the intention of having students achieve.   “It's more than just having the students learn economics,” Wilson said. “Sure, I want them to work economics but also to work on their critical-thinking skills, so they are comfortable using data to solve problems.”   Wilson designs her courses to challenge students and prepare them for times in their lives when th...

A Northeast Ohio research team has secured a major grant to assess the impact of its Positive Peers app on the health outcomes of individuals aged 13-34 living with HIV. The app, launched in 2016, is a private mobile resource designed for clinic-based intervention. The project evolved from a local HIV support group that wanted their own private Facebook group but found that wasn’t meeting their needs. Originally funded by the Special Projects of National Significance in HIV, a federal grant from the Health Resource Service Administration, the app was piloted with 128 MetroHealth patients be...