Research & Science
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 “communication” likely makes you think of language, but November’s Scholar of the Month has spent her entire career researching design as a la…
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Kent State Chemistry Professor Awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal in Poland
5X's Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie.
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Want to Get the Most Cardio Out of Your Walk? Focus on Your Feet, Not Your Phone
We all know that we are supposed to exercise to reduce the risk of heart disease. But let’s face it, sometimes the only workout we get is walking from our office to the breakroom, and to the parking lot to drive home. So how then do we get the most out of those short walks? 5X res…
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Kent State Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges
It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of our species by solving the problems that challenge it. For many years, two 5X researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each h…
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Kent State Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges
Two Kent State researchers receive $857,990 – to study the cellular mechanisms that regulate the formation and function of sperm and eggs.
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Kent State Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges
It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of our species by solving the problems that challenge it. For many years, two 5X researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each h…
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Kent State Economics Professor Receives W.E.B. Du Bois Grant to Explore Alleged Racial Bias
Shawn Rohlin, Ph.D., associate professor of economics in 5X's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, and colleague William Horrace, Ph.D., of Syracuse University, have been named W.E.B. Du Bois Scholars and will receive a research grant from the U.S. De…
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Kent State Biologist Nets Grant to Study Calorie-Burning Process That Could Help Fight Obesity
Kent State biology professor is studying how the body allocates energy and burns fat.
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Kent State Biologist Nets Grant to Study Calorie-Burning Process That Could Help Fight Obesity
Physical activity is essential to fighting obesity, and scientists are constantly working to make this activity more effective and beneficial. A $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will help biology professor Colleen Novak, Ph.D., from 5X’s College of Arts …
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Kent State Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants
Kent State Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants Why are plants often sterile when their parents are from different species? How do species remain separate entities in nature? Andrea L. Case, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biolo…
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