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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State Chemistry Professor Awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal in Poland
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements. The prestigious medal is…
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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ 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 ºìÐÓÊÓƵ researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each h…
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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ 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 ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s College of Arts …
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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ 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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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State Epidemiologist Leads Study That Refutes Assumptions ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Depression In Heart Attack Patients
A ºìÐÓÊÓƵ epidemiologist has refuted some age-old assumptions about depression in heart attack patients. Studies have shown that people who suffer from depression are more likely to have heart disease or heart attacks in their lifetime. Worse still, similar research shows that heart p…
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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two ºìÐÓÊÓƵ professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State’s College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks…
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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State to Honor 75th Anniversary of Wonder Woman at Symposium
In honor of the 75th anniversary of the comic book super heroine Wonder Woman, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s College of Arts and Sciences, the Ohio Humanities Council and the Cleveland Public Library have partnered to organize a symposium that celebrates the historical trends that have changed the world o…
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Scholar Navigates Complex Systems to Help Address and Improve Public Health Concerns
Scholar of the Month Brian Castellani Professor of Sociology ºìÐÓÊÓƵ at Ashtabula 2002-present The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Campus is big, but still not big enough to fit all the great scholars who are part of the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ family. So much of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State’s great research is happening …
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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State Graduate Students Win Prestigious Research Competition
Four ºìÐÓÊÓƵ graduate students in the Department of Psychological Sciences, in the College of Arts and Sciences, won the Sloboda and Bukoski Cup at the Society for Prevention Research’s annual conference. Liz Baker, Karly Cochran, Haylee DeLuca and Logan Stigall represented ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Sta…
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Geographer Examines Ties Between Violence and Landscapes
Scholar of the Month James Tyner Professor College of Arts and Sciences 1997-present Selecting a single renowned scholar from ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s largest college is not an easy undertaking, but the work of Geography Professor James Tyner, Ph.D., over the past year made the decision a litt…
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