Division of Research and Sponsored Programs
In early December, Daniela Popescu, M.D., Ph.D., gave students in her anatomy and physiology class an extraordinary opportunity to observe real anatomical structures and bones up close. Photos courtesy of Kent State University at Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center Popescu is an associate professor in the Department of...
With more than six months at the helm of Kent State University’s research division, Vice President Douglas Delahanty, Ph.D., has been hard at work making sure the university is sharply focused on its collaborations with business and industry and maintaining its R1 research status. Delahanty, who was named vice president in Jan...
What are the main factors that either inhibit or promote growth in trees? Traditionally, scientists primarily looked at temperature and precipitation. However, Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of Geography at Kent State University, and the members of his ClimRISE Lab take a different approach to biometeorological research....
Kent State kicked off National Undergraduate Research Week (April 17-21) with one of its biggest annual research events. The Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Science and Creative Endeavors on Monday was presented by the Office of Student Research in the Kent Student Center. At this year’s symposium, 284 stud...
The Division of Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP) is the source for up-to-the-minute information about all Kent State research and researchers. The division presents a variety of research events each year, among them two research forums spotlighting the work of research teams on campus. Douglas Delahanty, Ph.D., vice president for RAS...
Bradley Morris, Ph.D., is an associate professor and program coordinator of Educational Psychology in Kent State’s School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences. He is also co-director of the university’s Science of Learning Education (SOLE) Center. At his recent presentation at a Research and Innovation Forum, s...
“Are you a math person?” That’s a question Dana Miller-Cotto, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State's Department of Psychological Sciences, asked at the beginning of her presentation at the recent Research & Innovation Forum, sponsored by the university's Science of Learning Education (SOLE) Center and the Division...
“You will feel a little pinch,” is something you may have heard a nurse say when you’ve received an injection. Learning to give an injection precisely, with minimal discomfort to the patient, is a very important part of a nurse’s training. Practice is key, but in this case, finding a good way to practice giving injections is proble...
Three researchers from Kent State’s Science of Learning Education (SOLE) Center presented their current projects today at the Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP) Research and Innovation Forum. ‘Nursing education study with emerging technologies, haptics and mixed reality’ Kwangtaek Kim, Ph.D., is an assistant professor i...
Even though it reaches deep into human history, hazing remains a puzzling behavior for social scientists. Why would people systematically abuse their own future allies by making them participate in extremely unpleasant group initiation practices? For colleges and universities, hazing has been a pressing safety issue for decades, so ...