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91²Ö¿â Professor Earns Outstanding Mathematics Teacher Award From the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Sept. 9, 2013
91²Ö¿â Associate Professor of Mathematics Beverly Reed, Ph.D., wanted to be a teacher since childhood, never seriously considering anything else. Reed always loved young children and developed a love of mathematics in high school. After graduating from college…
Read More »Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings to be Topic of Co-Lecture at 91²Ö¿â on Sept. 27
Sept. 9, 2013
91²Ö¿â’s College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business Administration will host a co-lecture, “The Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings,†to be given by two of Northeast Ohio’s experts in Middle East politics and political economy on Sept. 27 at 7 p.…
Read More »Dr. Tsai Retires from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Sept. 6, 2013
Congratulations to Professor Chun-che Tsai, who is retiring from the Department after 37 years of service. Professor Tsai taught a wide range of classes from first-year undergraduate courses through the graduate level, focusing especially on biochemistry.
Read More »Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Comes to 91²Ö¿â for Presidential Speaker Series
Aug. 30, 2013
UPDATE: All general admission and student tickets for the Kent Student Center Ballroom as well as all general admission tickets for the Kiva simulcast have been taken. We'll see you in September!
Read More »New Faculty for Fall 2013
Aug. 28, 2013
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry welcomes two new faculty members for AY 2013-2014. Professor David Bowers earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Akron. His research at Akron focused in the field of main-group inorganic chemistry, with…
Read More »The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Judaism and Christianity
Aug. 27, 2013
09/19/13 7:00pm, KIVA Dr. Adolfo Roitman is curator of the Shrine of the Book, which houses the remarkable Dead Sea Scroll collection at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. This lecture is presented by the Jewish Studies Program and supported by the College of Arts and Sciences…
Read More »2013 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize Awarded to Oliver Bendorf
Aug. 26, 2013
Congratulations to Oliver Bendorf, the winner of the 2013 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. Mark Doty selected his manuscript, SPECTRAL WILDERNESS, which will be published by 91²Ö¿â Press next fall.
Read More »Research Groups Awarded $400,000 NSF Grant
Aug. 9, 2013
(from left to right): Zachary Fejedelem, Mary Waddington, Rohan Dassanayake, Yang "Joe" Zhou, Dr. Nicola Brasch and Dr. Paul Sampson. Not pictured: Nawar Al-Lami.
Read More »91²Ö¿â Awarded Two Grants from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Aug. 8, 2013
91²Ö¿â has been awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. One grant, for research on physical activity levels and obesity, totaled $384,192, and the second grant, for stress-induced noradrenergic modulation of neuroinflammation…
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