Research & Science

Student writing in a notebook with a baby next to her

Breaking Barriers for Parenting Students Is Goal of Professor’s Research

Being a college student is tough enough for most, but for those who are also parenting young children or caring for loved ones – in addition to other responsibilities like work, managing a household, and appointments – going to class and succeeding can seem like a daunting task.

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School of Fashion Graduate Students Hannah Johnson and Camila Cordeiro Valle

School of Fashion Graduate Students Gaining Recognition for Research

Two School of Fashion graduate students are being recognized for their research. Hannah Johnson, M.F.I.S. 2023 and Camila Cordeiro Valle, M.F.I.S. 2023, have both been gaining recognition for their work and research in their graduate theses. Johnson and Valle both won the Best Presentation Awar…

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School of Fashion

Caldwell's Neuroendocrinology and Behavior Lab Group pose for a photo in Cunningham Hall

Biological Sciences Researchers Exploring the Role of Brain Hormones in Development

What determines your social behavior as you develop into an adult? While this is a complex question to answer, understanding how the brain develops can provide critical insights. For two decades, Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Kent State University,…

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College of Arts & Sciences

What's the Big Idea?

What's the Big Idea: Citizen Science with Dr. Lydia Rose

In the latest edition of "What's the Big Idea?" Kent State President Todd Diacon visits the East Liverpool Campus to meet with Associate Professor of Sociology Lydia Rose, whose research focuses on improving community health and well-being through citizen science.

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Telegram from the National Urban League

IN A FLASH: A National Call For Unity And Action

Five days after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, an important message was sent to the nation's Urban Leagues. 

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Fungal Furniture exhibit at the DI Hub Muselab

The Good Kind Of Fungus

A fungus that spent a week inside a grow tent has taken over the MuseLab.

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Kent State has a new Neurodiversity Research Initiative

Understanding the Complexities of Neurodivergent Individuals

Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) has begun a new Neurodiversity Research Initiative to shed light on the perspective of neurodiverse individuals. The idea for the initiative came about two years ago, after an article was published detailing the efforts of a BHRI pr…

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Brains on Tap will feature a discussion on the benefits of cycling exercise on Parkinson's disease.

Brains on Tap: Parkinson’s Talk is Available for Online Listening

Last month’s “Brains on Tap” discussion on Parkinson’s disease is now available to listen to on Ideastream Public Media. 

Brains on Tap is a quarterly series of public discussions, held at a brewery or bar, on topics of research being conducted by members of Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) and other Northeast Ohio neuroscientists.

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