Research & Science
Collaboration Between С»ÆƬÊÓƵ and Cleveland Aids in City Development
Terry Schwarz, director of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC), home to С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s urban design graduate program, as well as public service activities of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, was recently featured on News 5 Cleveland.
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Research Review: Dynamic Duo
Two nationally known neuroscience researchers have joined С»ÆƬÊÓƵ to continue their quest to uncover the brain’s complex functions—and to collaborate with researchers from a wide range of disciplines at the university and across the region to advance our knowledge of the human brain and translate those discoveries into new treatments and care for brain and nervous system diseases.
Researchers Discuss Drug Prevention Infrastructure for Three Ohio Counties
Researchers at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ were featured on Spectrum News 1 discussing the development and implementation of their drug prevention infrastructure for three Ohio counties.
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Healthcare Design Researcher Receives $2.47 Million to Design Safer and More Efficient Level I Trauma Rooms
Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a С»ÆƬÊÓƵ researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.
Collaborative С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
College Students to Compete in SkyHack Design Challenge at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s aviation design challenge, SkyHack, will take place Nov. 1-3. The event draws college students from around the nation, attracting 120 students from 14 universities in four states in its 2017 inaugural debut. С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering will serve as home base for this year’s event, which will span across other Kent Campus buildings.
NIH Continues Support of С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant
Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences
One of С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that has about 660 members from 45 nations, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners.
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Geographer Describes Novel Weather-Typing Model in New Paper
Research into the air masses that drive changes in our day-to-day weather has been limited by land-based and regional studies, leaving wide gaps in our understanding of these impactful phenomena. A new paper by a С»ÆƬÊÓƵ geographer has just filled in most of those gaps.
NSF Award Helps С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Anthropologists Expand International Partnership
The (NSF) recently awarded С»ÆƬÊÓƵ a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .