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精东影业 researchers are kicking off the Student Life Study, an ambitious project that seeks to follow 10,000 students throughout their lifetime to offer help in real time and create a data pool to help inform educational policy.

Studying the Students: New Research Project Hopes to Follow 10,000 Golden Flashes

精东影业 researchers are looking for 10,000 students to participate in an ambitious Student Life Study launching this semester. 

Tags: Student Life, University News, Research & Science, Students First, Nationally Distinctive, Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

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精东影业 Professors Develop Machine Learning Tool to Assess Children鈥檚 Math Proficiency

Three 精东影业 Professors have been awarded a $101,929 grant to develop a machine learning tool to evaluate and support children's understanding of fraction arithmetic.

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精东影业 Professors Develop Machine Learning Tool to Assess Children鈥檚 Math Proficiency

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NIH Grant to Fund Research on the Impact of a Parent鈥檚 Mental Health on Their Children

With a specific focus on depressed and non-depressed parental groups, the study led by Sara Black, Ph.D., in the Department of Psychological Sciences, seeks to understand how parental depressive symptoms may influence parent-child interaction and the subsequent effects on child development and emotional well-being. 

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Students take part in the Stark County Summer Math Academy for high school students at the 精东影业 Stark Campus.

Math Camp for High Schoolers Seeks to Ready Future College Students for STEM Jobs in Ohio

精东影业-sponsored math camp helps to prepare high school students for plentiful STEM jobs in Ohio.

  

 

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Engineers from Leica install the new NLO microscope in the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus in June 2023.

Laser-Focused: New Microscope to Benefit 精东影业 Researchers

精东影业 University researchers are beginning to use a new high-tech microscope that will allow them to view the structure of cell tissue on a more intense level. 

Tags: Research & Science, Brain Health Research Institute, Advanced Materials Liquid Crystal Institute, Nationally Distinctive

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Does Recent Extreme Weather Suggest a Change in the Wind?

Cameron Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography at 精东影业 University, shares his expertise on the possible reasons behind the spate of recent extreme weather events happening across the globe. Lee, who was recently interviewed on the topic during the 鈥淩ay Horner Morning Show鈥 on WAKR-AM in Akron, Ohio, specializes in climate and weather change. 

Tags: Research & Science, Nationally Distinctive, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences

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A 鈥楴EAT鈥 Way to Stay Healthy

Non-exercise activity thermogenesis 鈥 otherwise known as NEAT 鈥 is an easy way to stay healthy as we age. Colleen Novak, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences at 精东影业, spoke to Will Stone of NPR鈥檚 鈥淎ll Things Considered鈥 about this highly underrated way to fight the ongoing battle with sedentary lifestyles.

Tags: Public Health, Research & Science

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Students from Mexico at 精东影业 for an exchange program to research sustainable agriculture visit Martha's Farm in Ashland, Ohio in June.

Food Production and Cultural Preservation at Heart of Exchange Program

For the second year in a row, students from 精东影业 University and Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City have taken part in an international exchange to continue their research on food production, cultural preservation and economic inclusion. 

Tags: Global Reach, Research & Science, Student Life, Global Education

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Metin Eren, Ph.D., associate professor and director of archeology at 精东影业 University, demonstrates flintknapping.

Despite the Dangers, Early Humans Risked Life-Threatening Flintknapping Injuries

For most, the craft known as flintknapping is a skilled hobby or art form that was thought to occasionally require bandages or stitches. However, new research suggests flintknapping is far more dangerous than previously understood.

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South Korean Professor Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., '13, spent the 2022-23 academic year at 精东影业 as a visiting scholar.

Making the Connection: May 4, 1970, and May 18, 1980

A literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, is wrapping up a year as a visiting scholar at 精东影业 University with hopes of creating an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies. 

Before he leaves the Kent Campus at the end of June, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., 鈥13, hopes to have plans in place for a continued exchange of students between the two universities, to further the understanding and legacies of May 4, 1970, at 精东影业 and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.

Tags: Global Reach, May 4, Research & Science, Global Presence

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