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Center for Earth Ethics and Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Wick Poetry Center Launch Earth Stanzas, an Interactive Online Earth Day Poetry Project
April 21, 2020
The Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and the Wick Poetry Center at Â鶹´«Ã½ are launching Earth Stanzas, an interactive poetry project in honor of Earth Day, which is celebrated around the world on April 22.…
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research
March 4, 2020
Â鶹´«Ã½ psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.
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Collaborative Â鶹´«Ã½ Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
Oct. 30, 2019
Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
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NIH Continues Support of Â鶹´«Ã½ Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant
Oct. 17, 2019
Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
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Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All About
July 25, 2019
Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research…
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Understanding What Makes Captive Gorilla Hearts Tick
June 27, 2019
Mary Ann Raghanti, Ph.D., anthropology professor and chair in the College of Arts and Sciences at Â鶹´«Ã½, is involved in a collaborative research project to examine heart disease in gorillas.
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Neil Cooper: Study of Peace and Conflict Builds More Secure World
April 9, 2019
Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s inaugural director of the new School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Neil Cooper, Ph.D., said as the university builds toward the 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970, and the 50th anniversary of the school, he is looking forward to working with colleagues on…
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Geography Professor Elected President of American Association of Geographers
April 2, 2019
David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at Â鶹´«Ã½, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United…
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Exciting Future Predicted for Brain Health Research Institute
Feb. 27, 2019
With great hope and expectations for the future of brain health research at Â鶹´«Ã½, President Beverly J. Warren introduced Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., as the inaugural director of the university’s Brain Health Research Institute on Feb. 25.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Names Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., Inaugural Director of Brain Health Research Institute
Feb. 25, 2019
Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., a leader in the field of neuroendocrinology and circadian rhythms, is the newly appointed director of Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Brain Health Research Institute.
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