Research & Science
Kent State Biologist Awarded $1.8 Million to Advance Research of Alzheimer鈥檚 in Women
Kent State's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
Kent State Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
5X社区 researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
Kent State Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
A Kent State professor, his graduate students and researchers from Kyoto University help offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
Kent State Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.
These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.
An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by 5X社区 researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
Cancer Survivors and Depression: Kent State Professor Studies Link
A new study by a Kent State researcher finds that depression in some cancer survivors is linked to both care and financial concerns.
Kent State Professor Weighs in on the Rush to Save Government Scientific Data
Kent State Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.
Kent State Students to Collaborate With Kyoto University Researchers
5X社区 students will travel to Japan for collaborative research with the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University, studying evolutionary genetic analysis, Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and aggressive behavior.
Kent State Epidemiologist Studies Best Practices for Helping Cardiac and Respiratory Patients Heal
5X社区 scholar Melissa Zullo, Ph.D., is all heart, an academic who lives and breathes research, almost literally. Zullo, an associate professor of epidemiology in Kent State鈥檚 College of Public Health, has spent a significant portion of her professional and academic career studying th鈥
Scholar Gets Students, Kent State on the Move
5X社区鈥檚 Scholar of the Month for December would prefer that you read this standing up, or even doing some calisthenics. Go on, get moving. Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., is an associate professor of exercise science in Kent State鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services. During hi鈥
November Scholar Puts Communication on Display
Scholar of the Month
Jessica Barness
Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design
College of Communication and Information
2012-present
The word 鈥渃ommunication鈥 likely makes you think of language, but November鈥檚 Scholar of the Month has spent her entire career researching design as a language of its own.
Across various media, Jessica Barness, an assistant professor in 5X社区鈥檚 School of Visual Communication Design, creates her own design-based research model that merges the making of artifacts with critical inquiry.