Research & Science

Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D. (right), professor of biological sciences at Kent State University, works with a student in her lab.

NIH Continues Support of Kent State Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant

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.

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Kent State University Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., has been elected to the prestigious European Academy of Sciences.

Kent State Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences

One of Kent State University’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in Kent State’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that has about 660 members from 45 nations, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners.

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High school students from Portage County and surrounding areas hold Chinese hand fans during a past STARTALK Summer Foreign Language Camp at Kent State.

Model Kent State Language Academy Continues With 12th Year of Federal Funding

While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, Kent State University has been helping some area high school students learn to converse in Russian and Chinese to facilitate greater global understanding and a less contentious tomorrow.

Tags: Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies , College of Sciences and Humanities , Global Reach , Research & Science

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A bonobo stares back at the camera while another walks away

NSF Award Helps Kent State Anthropologists Expand International Partnership

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.

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Military personnel in camouflage put on ventilator masks before an exercise involving airborne toxins

NSF Supports Inter-institutional Project to Develop Chemical Sensor Technology

Toxic air pollutants such as chlorine and ozone are hazards for civilian workers and public service employees like firefighters, police and military personnel. Some airborne chemicals can be difficult to detect at low levels with high specificity, though, and relevant technologies like wearable sens…

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Michael Lehman

Kent State Magazine: Brainstorming

Cross-departmental collaborations are what Michael Lehman, the inaugural director of Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute, envisions for the future. His goal is to unite researchers from a wide range of disciplines at Kent State and throughout Northeast Ohio to explore, expand and advance our knowledge of the human brain and how it functions.

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Kent State Joins Lieutenant Governor’s Collaboration to Foster Innovation and Drive Economic Growth

Kent State University, in collaboration with Ohio’s public universities, has pledged support for Lt. Gov. Jon Husted’s “Ohio Intellectual Property (IP) Promise,” a collaborative effort to strengthen Ohio’s innovation economy, attract innovative researchers and serve as a magnet for investors and ent…

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Kent State's "We the People" Exhibition on Display near the Esplanade Arch in May 2019

Acclaimed Photography Exhibition Returns to Kent Campus

Kent State University is pleased and proud to announce the return of “We the People,” a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.

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A microscope for scientific research

Kent State Professor Weighs in on New Research Regarding Burnout

Researchers from the University of Washington and Washington University, along with other collaborators, are seeking answers to those questions. They studied the brains of mice to identify what causes them to stop seeking a reward — in essence, what makes them burn out.

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Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D. (second from left), works in a microscopy lab with a colleague and Kent State students.

NSF Awards Kent State Researcher Nearly $1 Million for Separate Liquid Crystal Studies

Trustees Research Professor Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., a chemical physicist in Kent State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), just received nearly $1 million between two grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for separate studies with potential applications in biomedical science, commercial electronics and beyond.

Tags: Research & Science , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , National Science Foundation

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