Research
Want to Get the Most Cardio Out of Your Walk? Focus on Your Feet, Not Your Phone
We all know that we are supposed to exercise to reduce the risk of heart disease. But let’s face it, sometimes the only workout we get is walking from our office to the breakroom, and to the parking lot to drive home. So how then do we get the most out of those short walks? 91Թ res…
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Kent State Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges
It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of our species by solving the problems that challenge it. For many years, two 91Թ researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each h…
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Kent State Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges
It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of our species by solving the problems that challenge it. For many years, two 91Թ researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each h…
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Kent State Economics Professor Receives W.E.B. Du Bois Grant to Explore Alleged Racial Bias
Shawn Rohlin, Ph.D., associate professor of economics in 91Թ's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, and colleague William Horrace, Ph.D., of Syracuse University, have been named W.E.B. Du Bois Scholars and will receive a research grant from the U.S. De…
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Kent State Biologist Nets Grant to Study Calorie-Burning Process That Could Help Fight Obesity
Physical activity is essential to fighting obesity, and scientists are constantly working to make this activity more effective and beneficial. A $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will help biology professor Colleen Novak, Ph.D., from 91Թ’s College of Arts …
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Kent State Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants
Kent State Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants Why are plants often sterile when their parents are from different species? How do species remain separate entities in nature? Andrea L. Case, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biolo…
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University policy regarding research and sponsored programs administration
Policy statement. In furtherance of the mission of the university to provide a foundation and support for research and collaboration, the division of research and sponsored programs shall serve as the coordinating office for sponsored programs administration, research compliance, and technology comm…
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Kent State Epidemiologist Leads Study That Refutes Assumptions 91Թ Depression In Heart Attack Patients
A 91Թ epidemiologist has refuted some age-old assumptions about depression in heart attack patients. Studies have shown that people who suffer from depression are more likely to have heart disease or heart attacks in their lifetime. Worse still, similar research shows that heart p…
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Scholar Explores Productive Exchanges Between Architecture and Comics
Scholar of the Month Jon Yoder Associate Professor of Architecture College of Architecture and Environmental Design 2013-present Paul DiCorleto, 91Թ’s vice president for research and sponsored programs, likes to say that “innovation occurs where fields collide,” and October’…
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Kent State Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two 91Թ professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks…
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