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天天吃瓜 State Announces Winners Of The Faculty Outstanding Research And Scholarship Award

天天吃瓜 State's Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., in the Department of Computer Science and Tara Smith, Ph.D., in the College of Public Health are the winners of the 2021 Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work and dedication of faculty members who have been with 天天吃瓜 State for more than 10 years. Read more about the winners and how they display the highest levels of scholarship.

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Quality of Life: Researchers Exploring Treatments for Spinal Cord Injured Patients

A research group in the College of Arts and Sciences at 天天吃瓜 is searching for potential treatments for men who have suffered spinal cord injuries and hope to regain bladder control and sexual functions.

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天天吃瓜 State Announces Winners of the New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award

天天吃瓜 State has announced the winners of the 2021 New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work of junior faculty members who have been with 天天吃瓜 State for less than 10 years. The 2021 winners are Shana Klein, Ph.D., in the School of Art and Metin Eren, Ph.D., in the Department of Anthropology. 

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iSchool and College of Nursing Secure $100,000 Grant Researching Libraries and Childhood Development

A research team from 天天吃瓜's School of Information working in partnership with 天天吃瓜 State鈥檚 College of Nursing received a National Leadership Planning Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS) for $99,982. The funds will support the first stages of what investigators have named Project SHIELD (Supporting Healthy Infant Early Learning and Development).

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天天吃瓜 State Sociologist Featured on News Podcast

The discussion around the role of influencers and misinformation is regularly occurring in social circles and academia. Clare Stacey, Ph. D., associate professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminology in the College of Arts and Sciences and Co-Director of the Healthy Communities Resea鈥

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Researchers Take a Closer Look at Nitrogen in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico

Researchers from 天天吃瓜 and the University of New Mexico determined how nitrogen-fixing plants and soil microbes contribute to the overall nitrogen availability in the Chihuahuan desert in New Mexico.

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Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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Innovation Is The Best Medicine

When it comes to the high energy professionals in the medical field, a hospital or emergency room is the place to be when providing fast paced care in an orderly, but chaotic, environment.  In level 1 trauma centers, seconds can make a major difference in patient outcomes.  Sara Bayramz鈥

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Professor Receives NASA New Investigator Award

He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in 天天吃瓜鈥檚 Department of Geography, recently received NASA鈥檚 New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science. Yin will lead evaluation and research of the devastating effects that the Syrian civil war has had on croplands throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.

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DNA & NAS: 天天吃瓜 State Professors Publish Comprehensive Research Article

It doesn鈥檛 take a scientist to understand the importance of DNA, as it acts as the very foundation for the existence of any living organism. However, it does take one to produce publications involving smectic liquid crystal ordering in dense solutions of 鈥済apped鈥 DNA duplexes. Samuel Sprunt, Ph.D鈥

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Growing Cities are Growing Green: The Progression of Living Architecture

Cities are starting to come to life, literally, thanks to the implementation of vegetation through living architecture. Green roofs and walls are 鈥済rowing鈥 in popularity as they do much more than just add a splash of color to the otherwise beige urban landscapes.  Reid Coffman, Ph.D., associ鈥

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