Research & Science
Empathy Researchers to Speak at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State on Dec. 5
The Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, 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…
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State and University of Akron Team Up to Develop Online Treatment for Neurological Condition
Researchers at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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…
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State 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 ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.
Collaborative ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’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 ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’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. ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering will serve as home base for this year’s event, which will span across other ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Campus buildings.
NIH Continues Support of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State 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 ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences
One of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’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 ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Anthropologists Expand International Partnership
The (NSF) recently awarded ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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 .
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Geographer Describes Novel Weather-Typing Model in New Paper
Research into the air masses that drive changes in our day-to-day weather has been limited by land-based and regional studies, leaving wide gaps in our understanding of these impactful phenomena. A new paper by a ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï geographer has just filled in most of those gaps.
Model ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Language Academy Continues With 12th Year of Federal Funding
While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï has been helping some area high school students learn to converse in Russian and Chinese to facilitate greater global understanding and a less contentious tomorrow.