College of Arts and Sciences
![Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D., serves as coordinator and Elliot Professor in the Healthcare Design Program in Kent State University's College of Architecture and Environmental Design.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/page/19955_bayamzedeh-1Small.jpg?VersionId=KRFld3D9a7sX0tHNWo0vuYlx323Jjdce&h=e6f36a9c&itok=2bBhnq3e)
Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a Kent State University researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.
![Photo of Deric Kenne and Ruoming Jin](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/10.30.19%20Photo%20of%20Deric%20Kenne%20and%20Ruoming%20Jin_0.jpg?VersionId=kE_Cvu7jcH67hjis1wOdUx3sT9WUHVri&h=037c7c87&itok=VbgI2hu4)
Kent State University’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
![Dr. Quan Li, Senior Research Fellow in the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Picture1.png?VersionId=ADtmBJtFLFb.SDL7_PMaB9jVevtm7P6k&h=2828c465&itok=Wi3I6XkM)
![Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D. (right), professor of biological sciences at Kent State University, works with a student in her lab.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/gemma3.jpg?VersionId=jD3gcsv6Dlhz7mZQjK6O9udZSO.yGseq&h=e6f36a9c&itok=AydykllD)
Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like Kent State University’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Kent State a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to Kyoto University in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned Primate Research Institute.
![Sonia Sanchez Sonia Sanchez and students](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/DSCN0863.jpg?VersionId=aExTMS0P_8v2YiHsMV6u7bkAXseeuySM&h=b6c5fe5b&itok=1n0MAHxh)
![Tommy Freeman Celebration Reading Tommy Freeman Celebration Reading](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/70314010_2506036729444002_2625021880318296064_o.jpg?VersionId=ddM3qShEb0mNanLSZShJ_NKdaMMWW9s0&h=ddc58dd3&itok=aST2fNrc)
![An image of the globe over North America, showing increased warm weather in a yellow-to-red scale](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Maps_of_projected_changes_in_Northern_Hemisphere_seasonal_mean_surface_air_temperature_from_the_late_20th_century_to_the_mid-21st_century%2C_based_on_SRES_emissions_scenario_A1B.png?VersionId=4DOQtT7it9zM9ETu4dm30GRxujsJr1KU&h=b8a72fa0&itok=xxLlu5aM)
Research into the air masses that drive changes in our day-to-day weather has been limited by land-based and regional studies, leaving wide gaps in our understanding of these impactful phenomena. A new paper by a Kent State University geographer has just filled in most of those gaps.