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Student writing in a notebook with a baby next to her

Breaking Barriers for Parenting Students Is Goal of Professor鈥檚 Research

Being a college student is tough enough for most, but for those who are also parenting young children or caring for loved ones 鈥 in addition to other responsibilities like work, managing a household, and appointments 鈥 going to class and succeeding can seem like a daunting task.

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Kent State Today

What's the Big Idea?

What's the Big Idea: Citizen Science with Dr. Lydia Rose

In the latest edition of "What's the Big Idea?" Kent State President Todd Diacon visits the East Liverpool Campus to meet with Associate Professor of Sociology Lydia Rose, whose research focuses on improving community health and well-being through citizen science.

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Telegram from the National Urban League

IN A FLASH: A National Call For Unity And Action

Five days after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, an important message was sent to the nation's Urban Leagues. 

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Fungal Furniture exhibit at the DI Hub Muselab

The Good Kind Of Fungus

A fungus that spent a week inside a grow tent has taken over the MuseLab.

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Brains on Tap will feature a discussion on the benefits of cycling exercise on Parkinson's disease.

Brains on Tap: Parkinson鈥檚 Talk is Available for Online Listening

Last month鈥檚 鈥淏rains on Tap鈥 discussion on Parkinson鈥檚 disease is now available to listen to on  

Brains on Tap is a quarterly series of public discussions, held at a brewery or bar, on topics of research being conducted by members of 妻友社区鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) and other Northeast Ohio neuroscientists.

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Kent State Today

Kent State Researchers Help Find Pathologic Hallmarks of Alzheimer's Disease In Aged Chimpanzee Brains

Pathology Research Seeking to Unlock Mysteries of the Brain

Since completion of her Ph.D. in 2016, Assistant Professor Melissa Edler and her colleagues have secured more than $2 million in research funding for examining aging and neurodegenerative diseases.

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Photo of Karl Kosko wearing goggles

The Virtual Future of Educating Teachers

Three Kent State professors are developing a solution to a teacher training issue through the use of extended reality (XR) technology and 360 video. 

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