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С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Graduate Students Win Prestigious Research Competition
Aug. 2, 2016
Four С»ÆƬÊÓƵ 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…
Read More »Ð¡»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Liquid Crystal Institute to Host International Conference
July 26, 2016
The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute® in the College of Arts and Sciences at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ will host the 26th International Liquid Crystal Conference on the Kent Campus from July 31-Aug. 5. The event is open to the public, but paid registration is required.
Read More »Magnetic Field Affects Liquid Crystals in Unexpected Ways
June 23, 2016
A group of researchers in С»ÆƬÊÓƵ's College of Arts and Sciences have published a breakthrough article on new properties of liquid crystals in the May 27 issue of Physical Review Letters. The article, which describes some recent surprising results involving…
Read More »Ð¡»ÆƬÊÓƵ Researchers Receive More Than $1 Million in Grants to Fight Alzheimer’s and Study Climate Change
April 20, 2016
Two С»ÆƬÊÓƵ researchers from the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded more than $1 million in federal grants for their research projects. The National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging awarded Gemma Casadesus-Smith, Ph.D., from Kent…
Read More »Ð¡»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Ohio Employee Ownership Center Hosts 30th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
April 15, 2016
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) will host the 30th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference on Friday, April 29, at the Hilton West in Fairlawn, Ohio. The theme for the conference is “Celebrating Three Decades of Success: Growing the Employee…
Read More »Ð¡»ÆƬÊÓƵ Researchers Publish Breakthrough in Leading Scientific Journal
March 24, 2016
Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Liquid Crystal Institute®, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device…
Read More »3/17- Cunningham Hall Renovation Updates
March 17, 2016
Work in Progress: Chilled water service in the 3rd floor east mechanical room is 95% complete by EOB on 3/18. Will be ready for cooling system startup on 4/15. Currently insulating the chilled water pipes in the 3rd floor wast mechanical room. Steam reducing station…
Read More »Ð¡»ÆƬÊÓƵ's Wick Poetry Center to Expand Traveling Stanzas Project With $125,000 in New Funding From Knight Foundation
March 16, 2016
The Wick Poetry Center at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ will expand its successful Traveling Stanzas project with $125,000 in new funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge. The Knight Arts Challenge funds ideas that…
Read More »Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Researchers Say
Dec. 22, 2015
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine.
Read More »Bioretention Cells Reduce Total Runoff by 40 Percent in Study
Nov. 19, 2015
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ and Cleveland Metroparks partnered on study of two Parma neighborhoods near West Creek Reservation Rain barrels, rain gardens, and bioretention cells are increasingly used as green infrastructure to capture and slow storm water runoff before it gets to…
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