Research & Science
Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
91心頭利s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.
Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
91心頭利s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.
Brain Health Research Institute Director Reflects on His First Year
Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., was named the inaugural director of 91心頭利s Brain Health Research Institute in January 2019. We asked him to share his thoughts after a year on campus and much activity within the institute.
Collaborative Biodesign Challenge Course Opens New Opportunities
The words biology and design might not typically intertwine; however, 91心頭利s Biodesign Challenge course was created to challenge the idea that the two separate disciplines could not collaborate.
"We All Can Play a Role," Kent 91心頭利 Epidemiologist Says
Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., epidemiology professor in the College of Public Health, shares her perspective on the current coronavirus pandemic: "It seems like years have passed since the world first heard of an 'atypical pneumonia' circulating in the Hubei province of China in December 2019. When weve seen similar reports in the past, the illnesses have had a variety of causes, but all were eventually containable..."
Epidemiology Professor Tara Smith Says Be Ready for the Long Haul with Social Distancing
As the country adjusts to the new normal of working from home, schooling from home and living lives of social isolation, 91心頭利 professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., said people need to realize this new normal may need to continue for a long time.
It really would not surprise me if this lasted for at least eight weeks or longer, Smith said.
Kent 91心頭利 Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research
91心頭利 psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimers disease research into a national study.
Kent 91心頭利 Education Researchers Receive Million-Dollar Grant for Cross-disciplinary Training in Early Childhood Professions
Ohio, like many states, suffers from a teacher shortage, especially in early childhood education and special education. The Buckeye 91心頭利 also is in need of more school psychologists, analysts say. Its fortunate, then, that the United 91心頭利s Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs just awarded a million-dollar grant to two 91心頭利 researchers to train teachers and school psychologists in those fields.
Kent 91心頭利 Biologist Lands NIH Grant to Research Cannabinoids Effect on Sleep Cycles
There are two cycles most people cant avoid sleep and the news. And If youre awake, you cant help hearing the news reporting about cannabinoids. A Kent 91心頭利 researcher may soon have news about how these substances affect our bodys natural clock. Eric Mintz studies the human bodys circadian rhythms, which affect the sleeping-waking cycle.
The Brain Health Research Institute Is Helping Transform the Culture of Kent 91心頭利
The Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) may be a recent development at Kent 91心頭利, but with fresh leadership, emerging partnerships and a refined vision, its well on its way to gaining national renown. The Brain Health Research Institute is helping transform the culture of Kent 91心頭利.