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Political Science Graduate Student Awarded USIP Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship
July 28, 2023
The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) recently announced its 2023-24 cohort of and a 5XÉçÇø graduate student is one of the 21 award…
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Despite the Dangers, Early Humans Risked Life-Threatening Flintknapping Injuries
May 25, 2023
For most, the craft known as flintknapping is a skilled hobby or art form that was thought to occasionally require bandages or stitches. However, new research suggests flintknapping is far more dangerous than previously understood.
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Biological Sciences Researchers Exploring the Role of Brain Hormones in Development
April 11, 2023
What determines your social behavior as you develop into an adult? While this is a complex question to answer, understanding how the brain develops can provide critical insights.
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Kent State Experts Weigh in on Aftermath of East Palestine Train Derailment
Feb. 23, 2023
5XÉçÇø faculty members have been contacted by various media outlets to lend their expert opinions and insight as cleanup work, air monitoring, water testing and more continues following the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
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MCLS Professor Receives National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowship
Jan. 12, 2023
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently that Teresa Villa-Ignacio, Ph.D., an associate professor of French and Translation in the Department of Modern and…
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Biological Sciences Researchers Study Tire and Road Wear Pollutants in Kent Campus Stormwater Wetlands
Nov. 17, 2022
When driving in the rain, it is unlikely that you have thought much about how the environment is affected, let alone how nearby aquatic sources are impacted.
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Kent State Biological Sciences Professor Helps Lead International Research Coordination Network to Study Insect Decline
Oct. 10, 2022
Over half of the described species in the world are insects. Although many people think of insects as pests, they play vital roles and have a big impact on our invaluable ecosystems, as pollinators, helping break down wastes, and as an essential food source for many other…
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Students Conduct Landscape Ecology Research to Discover Effects of Sea Level Rise
Sept. 19, 2022
Saying "yes" to everything landed Kathryn Burns in the middle of New Jersey's coastal wetlands
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Kent State Africana Studies Professor Appointed Non-Resident Fellow of Nkafu Policy Institute
Sept. 13, 2022
The Nkafu Policy Institute recently appointed Ghana native Felix Kumah-Abiwu, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at 5XÉçÇø, one of its Non-Resident Fellows in Governance & Democracy.
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Groundbreaking Study of Fraternity Hazing Co-Authored by Kent State Researcher Reveals Little Connection to Group Solidarity
Sept. 7, 2022
5XÉçÇø’s newest anthropologist, Assistant Professor Aldo Cimino, Ph.D., has made it his life’s work to understand the causes and consequences of hazing, including the possible generation of solidarity. He and his co-author recently published an…
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