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Chirality Research: Will This New Insight Help Make Better Materials or Pharmaceuticals?

Chirality, or the absence of mirror symmetry in a molecule, is a complex topic that Material Sciences Professor Torsten Hegmann is determined to know more about. Hegmann, director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, and other Kent State collaborators led an international collaborative research project with contributions from a global team whose paper about the efficacy of chirality transfer in Science Advances may provide insights to make better materials or pharmaceuticals.

Tags: Research & Science, Health, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Materials Science Graduate Program, Brain Health Research Institute, Institutes and Initiatives

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Health and Well-Being of Students, Faculty and Staff Brought to Light by Healing Stanzas

Students across the nation were challenged as the pandemic swept the world. Healing Stanzas, a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center, the Healthy Communities Research Institute and the Brain Health Research Institute, seeks to combine the science of brain health and public health with the creative energy of the humanities to provide Kent State students, staff and faculty with an opportunity to improve wellness through reflective poetry.

Tags: Health, Research & Science, Student Life, Brain Health Research Institute, Healthy Communities Research Institute, Wick Poetry Center, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Institutes and Initiatives

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Kent State Graduate and Undergraduate Research Mentorship Awards Announced

Intentionality to build successful academic mentoring relationships with students is what sets professors apart at Kent State, and each year two professors at the graduate and undergraduate level receive a student-nominated award for their ability to do so. The intent of the award is to recognize those professors exceeding in mentoring students in how to perform research in any field.  

Tags: Student Life, Research & Science, Brain Health Research Institute, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Healthy Communities Research Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Institutes and Initiatives

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Biophysics Professor Becomes the First Recipient at Kent State of an R35 Grant from the National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins. This is the first time a professor at Kent State has been awarded an R35, which provides promising researchers with a five-year funding for a broader research program, rather than funding a specific project. This gives investigators a lot of freedom to develop new research directions as opportunities arise, rather than being bound to specific aims of a more narrow study.

Tags: Research & Science, Brain Health Research Institute, Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, Institutes and Initiatives

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$850,000 in Funding Awarded for New Nursing School Technology from National Science Foundation

Intravenous (IV) needle insertion is a practice that many medical professionals learn and need to master. A new cross-departmental Kent State project in the works will help nursing students improve their skills with cutting-edge technology. 

Tags: Health, Research & Science, Department of Computer Science, College of Nursing, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychological Sciences, Brain Health Research Institute, Healthy Communities Research Institute, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Institutes and Initiatives

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Climate Scientist Publishes Trends in 鈥榃eather Whiplash鈥 Events

Many wonder if climate change is the reason we鈥檝e had 'weather whiplash' or day-to-day dramatic changes from hot to cold or cold to hot. As a climate scientist, Cameron Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State, gets asked this question a lot. Looking beyond just the average temperatures and statistical means, he decided to take a more analytical look at weather whiplash and add to a growing body of climate change literature examining temperature variability trends.

Tags: Research & Science, Cameron Lee, Department of Geography, College of Arts & Sciences, Research, Research and Sponsored Programs, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute, NOAA, climate change, Weather Whiplash, science, Institutes and Initiatives

College of Arts & Sciences

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Geography Researchers to Contribute to Actionable Science for Decision Makers

Timothy Assal, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography, was awarded a grant as a co-principal investigator on a multi-institutional project, 鈥淰ulnerability of lower-ecotone aspen forests to altered fire regimes and climate dynamics in the northern Great Basin鈥 (a three-year $299,842 total award with $89,600 going to Kent State), which is funded by the . This collaboration includes the United States Geological Survey in Boise, Idaho, Utah State University, and the United States Bureau of Land Management.

Tags: Research & Science, Timothy Assal, Department of Geography, College of Arts & Sciences, Aspen, climate change, drought, Research, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute, Institutes and Initiatives

College of Arts & Sciences

Guests tour the new lab spaces for Kent State University鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute that are located on the lower level of the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus.

Kent State鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute Celebrates 鈥楥ollaboratories鈥 Grand Opening

Kent State University鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute celebrated the grand opening of its new lab spaces on Friday, Nov. 5, with an afternoon of activities that included a keynote presentation, space dedication, tours and student research demonstrations. The new space, featuring interdisciplinary research facilities, is located on the lower level of the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus.

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Anti-Racism and Equity Institute Builds on Kent State鈥檚 History of Activism鈥

Last Spring, the Kent State University Board of Trustees approved the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute, which creates an important interdisciplinary hub for faculty, students,鈥痵taff鈥痑nd community members engaged in race and anti-racism scholarship, activism and education. 鈥淜ent State is a university that is known for its activism,鈥 Carla Goar, Ph.D., director of the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute, said. 鈥淚deally this institute will serve as a hub for scholars and activists to come together to tackle issues and racial equity."

Tags: Community & Society, Department of Sociology and Criminology, College of Arts and Sciences, Anti-Racism and Equity Institute, Healthy Communities Research Institute, Brain Health Research Institute, Institutes and Initiatives

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