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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï researchers use indents and boarders on plates to study how optical illusions help people choose smaller portions.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Study Shows How Optical Illusions May Help Fight Obesity

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State researchers build optical illusions into plates to see how they can help us choose smaller portions and ultimately lose weight. 

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Health , Featured Story , Research & Science

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger examines new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

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Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger helps develop new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Success Story , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

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Eindhoven University of Technology researcher Anne Hélène Gélébart shows the walking device. This small device is the world’s first machine to convert light directly into walking, simply using one fixed light source. (Photo credit: Bart van Overbeeke)

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Professor Robin Selinger of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Liquid Crystal Institute® helps develop new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

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Ideastream talks with ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress and infant mortality.

Race, Stress and its Impact on Infant Mortality Among Black Infants

Ideastream® talks with ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Psychology Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress in black women and ways to reduce the stress before it affects pregnancy.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Health , Featured Story , Faculty Research , Department of Psychological Sciences , Research & Science

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Establishes New School of Peace and Conflict Studies

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Center for Applied Conflict Management , Featured Story , Global Reach

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WKYC-TV talks with ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State researchers about the Acting White Accusation.

Acting too White: ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Psychologist Explains How the Accusation Causes Anxiety

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Professor Angela Neal-Barnett shares her Acting White Accusation research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org.

 

Tags: Health , College of Arts and Sciences , Featured Story , Department of Psychological Sciences , Research & Science

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Receives Multiple Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants From NSF

Several ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected to receive Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). REU grants are designed to provide faculty with funding to create research positions and experie…

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Department of Mathematical Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , National Science Foundation , Grants , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Department of Biological Sciences , Research & Science

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Researchers Help Find Pathologic Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease in Aged Chimpanzee Brains

Dementia affects one-third of all people older than 65 years in the United States. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive, irreversible brain disease that results in impaired cognitive functioning and other behavioral changes. Humans are considered uniquely susc…

Tags: Department of Anthropology , College of Arts and Sciences , Research & Science

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A ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

The Missing Link Between College Renters and Landlords

A ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

Tags: Community & Society , College of Arts and Sciences , Student Success , LaunchNet ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State , Featured Story

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., poses beside a map kiosk in downtown ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï that she helped to create.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Professor Earns Main Street ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï's Volunteer of the Year Award

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., was honored with the Volunteer of the Year award by Main Street ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï during the organization’s annual awards celebration. Main Street ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï is a nonprofit organization focused on the revitalization of downtown ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï and is an affili…

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