Research & Science
Kent State Researcher Helps Calculate the True Cost of Mountaintop Removal Coal
To meet current U.S. coal demand through surface mining, an area of the Central Appalachians the size of Washington, D.C., would need to be mined every 81 days. That’s about 68 square miles – or roughly an area equal to 10 city blocks mined every hour. A one-year supply of coal would requi…
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Kent State University and Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute Collaborate on Research Funding
Kent State University and Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute will co-fund two pilot research projects as part of an initiative to enhance collaborations between the two institutions. Following a competitive review process, two teams comprising researchers from each institution will receive…
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Distinguished Researcher Owen Lovejoy Joins Kent State’s Presidential Search Committee
Kent State University Professor of Anthropology C. Owen Lovejoy, Ph.D., has joined the university’s Presidential Search Committee. “In our planning for the presidential search, trustees recognized the unique perspective and value that Professor Lovejoy would bring to our process,” said Richard Ma…
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Kent State University at Ashtabula Students Earn Top Honors at Information Technology Conference
Kent State University at Ashtabula students who are members of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) won honors and awards at the association’s National Collegiate Conference that took place recently in St. Louis, Mo. Special awards also went to two Kent State faculty member…
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Kent State Tuscarawas Marks Tolloty Technology Incubator Groundbreaking
Kent State University at Tuscarawas and the Tuscarawas County Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) celebrated a milestone on June 4 with the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tolloty Technology Incubator, the gateway facility to the Tuscarawas Regional Technology Park on Tech Park Drive in New Phil…
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Kent State and Holden Arboretum Study the Effects of Urban Development on the Environment
Kent State University and the Holden Arboretum will use a recently awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the impact people have on vital organisms living in places where water and land meet in Northeast Ohio. The NSF has awarded Kent State a grant for $345,000 for a p…
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Anthropology Grad Students Present Research at 2013 KSU Graduate Research Symposium
Graduate student Amy Dupper won an award for outstanding poster presentation at Kent State's 2013 Graduate Research Symposium. Congratulations to Amy! Anthropology graduate students presented their research at the 2013 KSU Graduate Research Symposium. Pictured from left to right are Amy…
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Honoring Our 2013 Outstanding Research and Scholar Award Recipients
Three Kent State University faculty members were recognized during a ceremony on March 19 as the university honored its Outstanding Research and Scholar Award recipients. The recipients of the 2013 award are Michael Loderstedt, School of Art; Katherine Rawson, Department of Psychology; and Carrie Sc…
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Kent State University at Trumbull Offers Veterinary Technology Courses
Veterinary technology students may soon be practicing their craft on real “patients” as Kent State University at Trumbull began offering classes in the field this fall . When fall classes began in August, Kent State Trumbull not only welcomed a bevy of new and returning students, but new course wor…
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Research From Old Dominion, Kent State and USC Scientists Provides Better Understanding of Climate Changes
A team of scientists from Old Dominion University, Kent State University and the University of Southern California has identified for the first time a clear 1,500-year cycle in the Arctic Oscillation (AO), the surface atmosphere pressure pattern in the far north that greatly influences weather in th…
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