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A Weighty Concern

A Weighty Concern

How can we halt the health hazard of childhood obesity? 91²Ö¿â researchers weigh in on their latest findings. By Michael Blanding / 91²Ö¿â Magazine

Tags: Research & Science , Health , population health

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91²Ö¿â researchers use EEG caps to study the brain activity of monks during a debate.

Mapping the Brain Activity of Buddhist Monks

Electroencephalogram (EEG) caps are helping 91²Ö¿â researchers unlock the secrets of the mind.

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Research & Science , Featured Story

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91²Ö¿â researchers use indents and boarders on plates to study how optical illusions help people choose smaller portions.

91²Ö¿â Study Shows How Optical Illusions May Help Fight Obesity

91²Ö¿â researchers build optical illusions into plates to see how they can help us choose smaller portions and ultimately lose weight. 

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Health , Featured Story , Research & Science

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91²Ö¿â Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger examines new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

Walk This Way

Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger helps develop new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

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

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Eindhoven University of Technology researcher Anne Hélène Gélébart shows the walking device. This small device is the world’s first machine to convert light directly into walking, simply using one fixed light source. (Photo credit: Bart van Overbeeke)

Walk this Way

Professor Robin Selinger of 91²Ö¿â’s Liquid Crystal Institute® helps develop new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

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

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Ideastream talks with 91²Ö¿â Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress and infant mortality.

Race, Stress and its Impact on Infant Mortality Among Black Infants

Ideastream® talks with 91²Ö¿â Psychology Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress in black women and ways to reduce the stress before it affects pregnancy.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Health , Featured Story , Faculty Research , Department of Psychological Sciences , Research & Science

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91²Ö¿â spectators look to the sky during the solar eclipse.

91²Ö¿â Students, Faculty and Staff View the Solar Eclipse

91²Ö¿â students, faculty and staff gather outside the Kent Student Center to view the solar eclipse.

Tags: Research & Science , Featured Story

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WKYC-TV talks with 91²Ö¿â researchers about the Acting White Accusation.

Acting too White: 91²Ö¿â Psychologist Explains How the Accusation Causes Anxiety

91²Ö¿â Professor Angela Neal-Barnett shares her Acting White Accusation research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org.

 

Tags: Health , College of Arts and Sciences , Featured Story , Department of Psychological Sciences , Research & Science

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91²Ö¿â Receives Multiple Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants From NSF

Several 91²Ö¿â professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected to receive Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). REU grants are designed to provide faculty with funding to create research positions and experie…

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Department of Mathematical Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , National Science Foundation , Grants , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Department of Biological Sciences , Research & Science

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Randy Roberts, a student working toward his associate’s degree in enology at 91²Ö¿â at Ashtabula, uses his previous degree in biology to help supplement his education.

91²Ö¿â Student Mixes Science Degree with Wine Making for Unique Recipe for Success

Randy Roberts is combining his bachelor’s degree from 91²Ö¿â with his experience in infectious diseases to take a fresh approach to wine making.

Tags: Research & Science

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