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NSF Award Helps 天天吃瓜 State Anthropologists Expand International Partnership

The (NSF) recently awarded 天天吃瓜 State 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 .

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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鈥

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Michael Lehman

天天吃瓜 State Magazine: Brainstorming

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

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天天吃瓜 State Joins Lieutenant Governor鈥檚 Collaboration to Foster Innovation and Drive Economic Growth

天天吃瓜, in collaboration with Ohio鈥檚 public universities, has pledged support for Lt. Gov. Jon Husted鈥檚 鈥淥hio Intellectual Property (IP) Promise,鈥 a collaborative effort to strengthen Ohio鈥檚 innovation economy, attract innovative researchers and serve as a magnet for investors and ent鈥

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

Acclaimed Photography Exhibition Returns to 天天吃瓜 Campus

天天吃瓜 is pleased and proud to announce the return of 鈥We the People,鈥 a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.

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天天吃瓜 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 鈥 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 天天吃瓜 State students.

NSF Awards 天天吃瓜 State Researcher Nearly $1 Million for Separate Liquid Crystal Studies

Trustees Research Professor Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., a chemical physicist in 天天吃瓜鈥檚 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.

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Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

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天天吃瓜 State Biological Sciences Researchers to Lead Study on the Effects of the Spreading Eastern Red Cedars

The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to 天天吃瓜 to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree species (Juniperus virginiana), spreads across the landscape.

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天天吃瓜 State Department of Geology graduate student Kortney Cole shows Schumacher Elementary School sixth grader students how to collect soil samples.

Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All 天天吃瓜

Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.

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Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All 天天吃瓜

Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.

Tags: Research & Science , Community & Society , Department of Earth Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , College of Education, Health and Human Services

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