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91ֿ Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University’s Diversity Awards

Molly Merryman, 91ֿ associate professor of sociology and founding director of the 91ֿ Women’s Center, has been awarded the university’s 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with 91ֿ who have …

Tags: Awards and Honors , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Wick Poetry Center , College of Arts and Sciences

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A student performs a chemical demonstration with dry ice.

91ֿ Hosts “Explore Kent Chemistry Day” for High School Juniors and Seniors, Feb. 6

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host “Explore Kent Chemistry Day”, a visitation program for high school juniors and seniors interested in chemistry and biochemistry majors, at 91ֿ on Saturday, February 6 from 10 am to 2 pm in Room 110, Williams Hall on the Kent Campus. “E…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Science , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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91ֿ Geology Professor Named a Public Engagement Fellow of Leshner Leadership Institute at AAAS

Anne Jefferson, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91ֿ, was one of 15 climate change researchers to be named a 2016-17 Public Engagement Fellow of the Leshner Leadership Institute at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Research & Science

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Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, 91ֿ Researchers Say

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine. They can curl up, bend, twist, wrinkle and stretch when exposed to light, heat, gases and other…

Tags: Chemical Physics , College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

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Bioretention Cells Reduce Total Runoff by 40 Percent in Study

91ֿ and Cleveland Metroparks partnered on study of two Parma neighborhoods near West Creek Reservation Rain barrels, rain gardens, and bioretention cells are increasingly used as green infrastructure to capture and slow storm water runoff before it gets to nearby urban waterways, …

Tags: Department of Earth Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences

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91ֿ Researchers Receive National Science Foundation Grant to Discover Why Some Messages Go Viral

We have all seen them explode on social media. They are the posts that feature the outlandish, the cute and the funny messages that go viral.     But how does one message catch on and others do not? It is a question that 91ֿ researchers in the College of A…

Tags: Department of Geography , College of Arts and Sciences , Research and Sponsored Programs , Research & Science

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91ֿ Researchers Use Digital Devices to Dispense Medications Safely

Organizing prescription medications in a traditional pill dispenser is not effective enough when patients are taking up to 20 different drugs seven to nine times a day.  Not taking the medication at the right time or taking too much results in 700,000 emergency room visits a year, 325,000 ho…

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences

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Ye Zhao, associate professor of computer science in the College of Arts and Sciences, works with students in the Mathematics and Computer Science Building.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Ye Zhao Associate Professor of Computer Science College of Arts and Sciences 2006-present Ye Zhao is associate professor of computer science in the College of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on physically based simulation and visualization, natural phenomena model…

Tags: Department of Computer Science , College of Arts and Sciences , Scholar of the Month , Success Story , Research & Science

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Science is cool!

91ֿ is Celebrating a “Year of Science”!

Immediately following the groundbreaking for the new Integrated Sciences Building, join us for a showcase of science and technology demonstrations, along with refreshments, music and fun, on the Student Green from 2:30-4:30. See demonstrations from the science departments including Biological Scienc…

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Confetti canons blow into the sky marking the close of the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Integrated Sciences Building.

91ֿ Hosts Groundbreaking for New Integrated Sciences Building

The groundbreaking for 91ֿ’s new Integrated Sciences Building was held Oct. 2 from 2-5 p.m. The event was free and open to the public. Following the groundbreaking, 91ֿ’s College of Arts and Sciences hosted a showcase of science and technology demonstrations, along with…

Tags: Foundations of Excellence , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Department of Biological Sciences , Department of Physics , Success Story , Sciences Renovation

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