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High school students from Portage County and surrounding areas hold Chinese hand fans during a past STARTALK Summer Foreign Language Camp at 91心頭利.

Model 91心頭利 Language Academy Continues With 12th Year of Federal Funding

While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, 91心頭利 University 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.

Tags: Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies , College of Sciences and Humanities , Global Reach , Research & Science

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A bonobo stares back at the camera while another walks away

NSF Award Helps 91心頭利 Anthropologists Expand International Partnership

The (NSF) recently awarded 91心頭利 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 .

Tags: Research & Science , Global Reach

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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

Tags: College of Sciences and Humanities , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , National Science Foundation , Research & Science ,

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Michael Lehman

91心頭利 Magazine: Brainstorming

Cross-departmental collaborations are what Michael Lehman, the inaugural director of 91心頭利 Universitys Brain Health Research Institute, envisions for the future. His goal is to unite researchers from a wide range of disciplines at 91心頭利 and throughout Northeast Ohio to explore, expand and advance our knowledge of the human brain and how it functions.

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91心頭利 Joins Lieutenant Governors Collaboration to Foster Innovation and Drive Economic Growth

91心頭利 University, in collaboration with Ohios public universities, has pledged support for Lt. Gov. Jon Husteds Ohio Intellectual Property (IP) Promise, a collaborative effort to strengthen Ohios innovation economy, attract innovative researchers and serve as a magnet for investors and ent

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91心頭利's "We the People" Exhibition on Display near the Esplanade Arch in May 2019

Acclaimed Photography Exhibition Returns to Kent Campus

91心頭利 University is pleased and proud to announce the return of We the People, a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.

Tags: Community & Society , College of Sciences and Humanities , College of the Arts , City of Kent , Arts & Culture , College of Communication & Information , Research & Science

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A microscope for scientific research

91心頭利 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 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 91心頭利 students.

NSF Awards 91心頭利 Researcher Nearly $1 Million for Separate Liquid Crystal Studies

Trustees Research Professor Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., a chemical physicist in 91心頭利 Universitys 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.

Tags: Research & Science , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , National Science Foundation

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Close up image of an Eastern Red Cedar branch with berries. (Photo by Sheila Brown, publicdomainpictures.net)

91心頭利 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 91心頭利 University 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.

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Biological Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , National Science Foundation

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91心頭利 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 91心頭利

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 Sciences and Humanities , College of Education and Human Services , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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