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Felix Kumah-Abiwu photographed by Melissa Olson

91ֿ Africana Studies Professor Appointed Non-Resident Fellow of Nkafu Policy Institute

The Nkafu Policy Institute recently appointed Ghana native Felix Kumah-Abiwu, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at 91ֿ, one of its Non-Resident Fellows in Governance & Democracy.

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Jake Mansfield (BA '21) Taking An Exam at New River Gorge

Rocking Out. Recent Graduate Took Exams To New Heights

Remote learning means students can study and take their exams virtually -- make that literally -- anywhere. 

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Study examines the relationship between hazing severity and group solidarity in an anonymous U.S. fraternity.

Groundbreaking Study of Fraternity Hazing Co-Authored by 91ֿ Researcher Reveals Little Connection to Group Solidarity

91ֿ’s newest anthropologist, Assistant Professor Aldo Cimino, Ph.D., has made it his life’s work to understand the causes and consequences of hazing, including the possible generation of solidarity. He and his co-author recently published an on this question in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior. 

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David Disabato, Ph.D. (right)

Postdoc Explores Psychological Well-Being and the Positive Side of Mental Health

The College of Arts and Sciences wishes to congratulate David Disabato, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychological Sciences at 91ֿ, who recently landed a tenure-track faculty position at Baldwin Wallace University, near Cleveland! After earning his Ph.D. at Ge…

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Chemistry professor working with student at lab

STEM Professors Receive NSF ADVANCE Grant to Explore Impact of Gender and Other Factors on Workload of STEM Faculty

“Who is Counted and What Counts: Tracking Women’s Engagement in Low-Prestige/High-Workload Service Activities at 91ֿ” will examine whether faculty members with underrepresented and/or historically excluded intersecting gender and racial/ethnic identities (IGREs) perform more high-workload, low-prestige service work than their faculty peers.

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Anna Mika of Parma, Ohio, stands in 91ֿ’s Experimental Archaeology Lab in Lowry Hall.

Five 91ֿ Experimental Archaeology Graduates Earn Full Rides to Grad Schools

Sometimes it just takes a small spark to ignite a fire within you. For Anna Mika of Parma, Ohio, who started as a geology major her freshman year at 91ֿ and switched to anthropology the following year, that spark came in 2017 while taking an anthropology course called North America’s Ice Aged Hunters, taught by Metin I. Eren, Ph.D., associate professor and director of archaeology in the College of Arts and Sciences. She said that course changed her perspective on everything.  

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91ֿ Uses Geospatial Technology to Map Violence

91ֿ Geography Professors to Assess Relative Extreme Temperature Events and Develop Monitoring Tools With NOAA

Principal Investigator Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography (within the College of Arts and Sciences) at 91ֿ, was recently awarded a three-year, $387,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office and its Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections Program (MAPP). The project is titled “Excess Heat and Excess Cold Factors: Establishing a unified duration-intensity metric for monitoring hazardous temperature conditions in North America”.

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Freshman Honors College student Moira Armstrong visits Venice during Freshmen in Florence program

Honors Student Announced as Fulbright Alternate

Moira Armstrong (they/them), an Honors College senior from Warren, Ohio, has been selected as an Alternate for the 2022 Fulbright Scholarship Award. As an alternate, candidates such as Moira may be elevated to finalist status for an award should extra funding become available. Moira’s alternate stat…

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Honors Education

91ֿ student Mallory Woods, who is currently studying in Florence, Italy, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Award. (Photo credit: Stefano Passerini)

91ֿ Senior Honored With Prestigious Fulbright Scholarship

In an impressive close to her undergraduate career, 91ֿ Honors College senior Mallory Woods was recently awarded the prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Award (ETA). A native of Fairview, Pennsylvania, Woods is completing a major in translation with a Spanish concentration and minors in economics and Italian studies while also finishing a certificate program in teaching English as a foreign language. 

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Honors Education

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in 91ֿ’s Department of Psychological Sciences, developed and launched the Spirit of Motherhood Program.

91ֿ’s Spirit of Motherhood Program for Pregnant Black Women Receives $100,000 Grant

Infant mortality rates in Northeast Ohio are three to five times higher for Black babies than white babies, an alarming statistic that is an issue across the country but particularly prevalent in this part of the state. A new $100,000 grant from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation will support innovative work being undertaken at 91ֿ, an elite research university with the esteemed R1 designation, to address this important issue.

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