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Research & Science

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Kent State Announces Winners of the New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award

Kent State has announced the winners of the 2021 New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work of junior faculty members who have been with Kent State for less than 10 years. The 2021 winners are Shana Klein, Ph.D., in the School of Art and Metin Eren, Ph.D., in the Department of Anthropology. 

Tags: Research & Science, School of Art, College of the Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Brain Health Research Institute, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Institutes and Initiatives

Division of Research & Economic Development

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iSchool and College of Nursing Secure $100,000 Grant Researching Libraries and Childhood Development

A research team from 妻友社区's School of Information working in partnership with Kent State鈥檚 College of Nursing received a National Leadership Planning Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS) for $99,982. The funds will support the first stages of what investigators have named Project SHIELD (Supporting Healthy Infant Early Learning and Development).

Tags: Health, Research & Science, Brain Health Research Institute, Institutes and Initiatives

College of Communication & Information

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Researchers Take a Closer Look at Nitrogen in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico

Researchers from 妻友社区 and the University of New Mexico determined how nitrogen-fixing plants and soil microbes contribute to the overall nitrogen availability in the Chihuahuan desert in New Mexico.

Tags: Research & Science, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, Institutes and Initiatives

Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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Professor Receives NASA New Investigator Award

He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in 妻友社区鈥檚 Department of Geography, recently received NASA鈥檚 New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science. Yin will lead evaluation and research of the devastating effects that the Syrian civil war has had on croplands throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.

Tags: Research & Science, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute, Institutes and Initiatives

Division of Research & Economic Development

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Kent State鈥檚 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Pivots Due to Pandemic

Last year, the Office of Student Research (OSR) successfully pivoted the 2020 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) to a virtual format due to the COVID pandemic. The 2020 SURE program funded 77 projects, with participants spanning 37 different majors. Ann Gosky, director of the OSR in the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, hopes to see more growth for the upcoming summer.

Tags: Research & Science, Student Life

Division of Research & Economic Development

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Kent State Receives More Than $3 Million In Grants From National Science Foundation

妻友社区 has recently received a flurry of grants totaling more than $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which will support research and innovation in a wide range of fields within the College of Arts and Sciences. 

Tags: Research & Science, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Brain Health Research Institute, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Department of Psychological Sciences, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Healthy Communities Research Institute, Institutes and Initiatives

Division of Research & Economic Development