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91²Ö¿â Researchers Identify Ways to Combat Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie

The green and blue colored algae that grows out of control, and often washes up on the shoreline of Lake Erie, is not only unsightly but harmful to many species including humans. In Ohio, the western basin of Lake Erie has experienced some of the worst harmful algal blooms in recent years. The bloo…

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91²Ö¿â Researchers Launch Free Math Multiplication Learning App for Elementary Grades

Educators, researchers and computer scientists from 91²Ö¿â have partnered to develop a math learning app that is now live and freely available on iTunes. 

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91²Ö¿â graduate students (left to right) Karly Cochran, Haylee DeLuca, Liz Baker and Logan Stigall won the prestigious Sloboda and Bukoski Cup at the Society for Prevention Research’s annual conference. (Photo credit: Ida Cellitti)

91²Ö¿â Graduate Students Win Prestigious Research Competition

Four 91²Ö¿â graduate students in the Department of Psychological Sciences won the Sloboda and Bukoski Cup at the Society for Prevention Research’s annual conference.

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Researchers Find Bacterium on Ohio Beaches That Causes Staph Infections

If you go for a swim at some Ohio public beaches, you might want to rise off the lake water and sand before you leave. Researchers at 91²Ö¿â found that almost half of the water and sand samples that they collected from along Lake Erie and some other inland lakes tested positive for St…

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Use Your Head

91²Ö¿â researchers are studying how you can train and maintain a healthy brain. / 91²Ö¿â Magazine

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Turning Dogs into Therapists, 91²Ö¿â Leads the Pack

The Dogs on Campus Pet Therapy Program® at 91²Ö¿â serves as a model to bring certified therapy dogs to stressed out college students.

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91²Ö¿â's Rick Ferdig, Ph.D., served as lead investigator on a National Science Foundation grant to develop a new learning app that is now live and freely available on iTunes.

ParkApps: Using Technology to Learn 91²Ö¿â a National Park

Educators, scientists, and technologists from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 91²Ö¿â and Cleveland Metroparks have partnered to develop a new learning app that is now live and freely available on iTunes. 

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The Glove That Speaks Sign Language

 This might look like an ordinary glove, but it is anything but ordinary. The glove talks. It is in the early stages of helping those who use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate with those who do not.

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91²Ö¿â Art Professor Embraces Alter Ego As "Mushroom Hunter"

When Don King, a part-time faculty member in 91²Ö¿â's School of Art, goes into the woods for a walk, his eyes are trained to see much more than the average hiker.  "I was watching a TV show where a couple of chefs went out into the woods and brought back a huge basket of m…

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WKYC TV Gets a Bird’s-Eye View of Drone Technology at 91²Ö¿â

What started as a hobby a decade ago has turned into a promising future for 91²Ö¿â senior Alex Flock. WKYC TV featured Flock for a story on the growing interest in drones and 91²Ö¿â’s minor in unmanned aircraft systems. Along with Blake Stringer, Ph.D., assistant professor in Ken…

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