Research & Science
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Education Researchers Receive Million-Dollar Grant for Cross-disciplinary Training in Early Childhood Professions
Ohio, like many states, suffers from a teacher shortage, especially in early childhood education and special education. The Buckeye State also is in need of more school psychologists, analysts say. It’s fortunate, then, that the United States Department of Education Office of Special Educ…
Researchers Discuss Drug Prevention Infrastructure for Three Ohio Counties
Researchers at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ were featured on Spectrum News 1 discussing the development and implementation of their drug prevention infrastructure for three Ohio counties.
Empathy Researchers to Speak at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ on Dec. 5
The Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, in partnership with the national public radio affiliate WKSU 89.7 FM and the KSU Brain Health Research Institute, will host the first of a two-part distinguished speaker series “How Science Can Hel…
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and University of Akron Team Up to Develop Online Treatment for Neurological Condition
Researchers at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and the University of Akron have partnered to develop a new intervention program for a relatively common but largely unrecognized neurological condition. Dr. Doug Delahanty, Professor of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Associate V…
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Healthcare Design Researcher Receives $2.47 Million to Design Safer and More Efficient Level I Trauma Rooms
Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.
Collaborative ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
College Students to Compete in SkyHack Design Challenge at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s aviation design challenge, SkyHack, will take place Nov. 1-3. The event draws college students from around the nation, attracting 120 students from 14 universities in four states in its 2017 inaugural debut. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering will serve as home base for this year’s event, which will span across other Kent Campus buildings.
NIH Continues Support of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences
One of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’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.
NSF Award Helps ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Anthropologists Expand International Partnership
The (NSF) recently awarded ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .