Institutes and Initiatives

Professor Receives NASA New Investigator Award
He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Geography, recently received NASA’s New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science. Yin will lead evaluation and research of the devastating effects that the Syrian civil war has had on croplands throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.

DNA & NAS: Kent State Professors Publish Comprehensive Research Article
Growing Cities are Growing Green: The Progression of Living Architecture

Kent State Faculty Research Featured by U.S. Army

Physics Professor Awarded NSF Grant that Provides Research Opportunities for Interdisciplinary and Minority Students

Kent State Researchers Receive NIH Award for Alzheimer’s Research

Sun, Summer and Science: Professors Receive Inclusive NSF Grant

Patterns, Populations And Podcasts: Computational Ecologist Receives Prestigious Early-Career Award from NSF

Kent State Receives More Than $3 Million In Grants From National Science Foundation
Kent State University has recently received a flurry of grants totaling more than $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which will support research and innovation in a wide range of fields within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Chemistry Professor Continues ‘Highly Cited Researcher’ Streak
There are just a handful of chemists worldwide with h-indices above 200. The h-indices of chemists awarded the Nobel Prize during the last five years range from about 30 to 160. Mietek Jaroniec, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has an h-index of 125, which places him among the top chemists worldwide.