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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Dr. Thorsten-Lars Schmidt to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins. The R35 or “Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award” (MIRA) provides promising researchers with a five-year funding for a broader research program, rather than funding a specific project. This gives investigators a great deal of freedom to develop new research directions as opportunities arise, rather than being bound to specific aims of a more narrow study. This flexibility makes this an extremely co...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins. The R35 or “Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award” (MIRA) provides promising researchers with a five-year funding for a broader research program, rather than funding a specific project. This gives investigators a lot of freedom to develop new research directions as opportunities arise, rather than being bound to specific aims of a more narrow study. This flexibility makes this an extremely c...

Astrid N. Sambolin Morales, Ph.D., (she/her/ella) lives in Northeast Ohio, but when Hurricane Fiona hit her hometown of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, she could not help but be devastated as her parents, brother and grandparents lived through the aftermath of the storm without electricity. Sambolin Morales was born and raised in Cabo Rojo, and after seven years in the U.S., she is spending her first year at 91�ֿ� as an assistant professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Services (EHHS). Her husband, Francisco Torres, is also an assistant professor in EHHS. She...

The first full week of fall is the most spirited week at 91�ֿ�. The week of Sept. 26 to Oct. 1 is Spirit Week and includes homecoming weekend. The week will be full of events celebrating 91�ֿ� spirit. On Monday, the Flash Advisory Board (FAB) is hosting FlashBash from 5 to 7 p.m. at Risman Plaza. FlashBash includes musc, free roller skating and 91�ֿ� bucket hat giveaways. Wednesday is Mid-Day Crafting day with FAB, which will provide 91�ֿ�-themed crafts for students. Crafting activities will be on the second floor of the Kent Student Center from 12 to 2 p....

It may surprise you to learn that “Captain Underpants,” “Frankenstein,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Hunger Games” and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” are all popular books that have been banned, along with many others. In honor of Banned Books Week, the Second Annual Banned Books Read-In was held Wednesday night in Taylor Hall. Participants read passages from their favorite banned books and were encouraged to dress as literary characters from those books. Several characters from "The Handmaid's Tale," Mothman and even Batman showed up. The importance of Banned Books Week was not lost on Stephan...

Owning a pet can tell marketers all they need to know about your buying tendencies. In a new study, Lei Jia, assistant professor of marketing and entrepreneurship at 91�ֿ�, found that pet ownership can influence and predict consumer behavior.  Jia joined 91�ֿ� in fall 2022 to teach consumer behavior. His research background focuses on understanding how social and situational factors influence consumers' judgment and decision making.  In his most recent endeavor, Jia set out to understand how pet ownership could influence a consumer’s actions.  “Pets play such i...