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Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D. (right), professor of biological sciences at 91ֿ, works with a student in her lab.

NIH Continues Support of 91ֿ Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant

Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like 91ֿ’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.

Tags: Research & Science, Brain Health Research Institute, College of Arts and Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

Kent Campus

A bonobo stares back at the camera while another walks away

NSF Award Helps 91ֿ Anthropologists Expand International Partnership

The (NSF) recently awarded 91ֿ a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .

Tags: Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, National Science Foundation, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

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An image of the globe over North America, showing increased warm weather in a yellow-to-red scale

91ֿ Geographer Describes Novel Weather-Typing Model in New Paper

Research into the air masses that drive changes in our day-to-day weather has been limited by land-based and regional studies, leaving wide gaps in our understanding of these impactful phenomena. A new paper by a 91ֿ geographer has just filled in most of those gaps.

Tags: Research & Science, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, weather, climate change

Division of Research & Economic Development

A computer rendering of the Liberty of Poetry statue (shown here) was used by 91ֿ to create the 3D-printed reproduction of the statue.

91ֿ Partners With Opera di Santa Croce to Present ‘Sisters in Liberty’ Exhibition at Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration

91ֿ and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of “Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York,” an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York. 

Tags: Global Reach, College of Arts and Sciences, Design Innovation, Wick Poetry Center, Partnerships

Kent Campus

High school students from Portage County and surrounding areas hold Chinese hand fans during a past STARTALK Summer Foreign Language Camp at 91ֿ.

Model 91ֿ Language Academy Continues With 12th Year of Federal Funding

While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, 91ֿ has been helping some area high school students learn to converse in Russian and Chinese to facilitate greater global understanding and a less contentious tomorrow.

Tags: Global Reach, Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, Global Understanding Research Initiative

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