Department of Biological Sciences
![Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Colleen Novak works in her lab.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/PROFILE-Colleen%20Novak_DTA%20%28MAIN%29_0.jpg?VersionId=w4HnzcTOG3d8GfHNDa1N4.BQX4ZzxsQF&h=e6f36a9c&itok=FvsBl49X)
![Case and McMahon's print, depicting overlapping plants in blue, pink, purple, orange, yellow and black, on a white background.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Layered%20Similarity%20HERO%20IMAGE.jpg?VersionId=3fXFSqwW3OwlRedtjpPU2iaeHdi9mxWq&h=e6f36a9c&itok=YsV9Gc4K)
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The “C” in “college” might as well stand for “cramming.”
Studies show students are notoriously bad at adopting and adhering consistently to high-impact study habits that help them retain knowledge long-term.
Researchers and faculty at Kent State University, however, are collaborating on a new project to put a modern technological twist on a tried-and-true study tactic.
![A free stock image depicting sperm approaching an egg for fertilization](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/hand-leaf-flower-petal-live-line-857207-pxhere.com%20%281%29.jpg?VersionId=xYzdvOx3S24QXg.a15YMfp45obM7zD0U&h=e6f36a9c&itok=TVPZ-iAP)
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![Close up image of an Eastern Red Cedar branch with berries. (Photo by Sheila Brown, publicdomainpictures.net)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/juniper-berries-close-up.jpg?VersionId=z3TL8f8pdO_CDg8GgYaNbM3x6yUfA66r&h=7cfeda8e&itok=Y4jWGg7_)
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to Kent State University to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree species (Juniperus virginiana), spreads across the landscape.
![Close up image of an Eastern Red Cedar branch with berries. (Photo by Sheila Brown, publicdomainpictures.net)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/juniper-berries-close-up.jpg?VersionId=z3TL8f8pdO_CDg8GgYaNbM3x6yUfA66r&h=7cfeda8e&itok=Y4jWGg7_)
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to Kent State University to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree species (Juniperus virginiana), spreads across the landscape.
![Globe of Western Hemisphere, The Americas](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/GlobeCropped.jpg?VersionId=L7lBDn0obaHJDwr9Mwjj7CousPD1PK9J&h=e6f36a9c&itok=kCBpP-vA)
Emmaleigh Given recently spent three summers and two winters in a remote biological reserve in the middle of the rainforest in the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica, where she has and will spend several months conducting research on community ecology, and she has one more trip planned. Being hunted by unseen predators isn’t the way most researchers conduct their work. But for some, it’s just part of the day.