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College of Arts and Sciences

91ֿ professor John Gunstad and his research assistants Hanna Schmetzer and Victoria Sanborn demonstrate using the voice pattern technology that is part of his Alzheimer's disease research.

91ֿ 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.

Division of Research & Economic Development
Rachel Armstrong, of Newcastle University (U.K.) stands near a beach at night.

Lauren Kinsman-Costello, assistant professor of biological sciences at 91ֿ, stands in a field in the arctic circle, in Sweden.

In early February, scientists reported the hottest temperature on record in Antarctica: 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Studies show climate change is disproportionately affecting the poles, warming them faster than anywhere else on Earth, and raising questions about what kinds of changes we can expect in arctic ecosystems as temperatures rise. 
A 91ֿ biologist has teamed up with some colleagues in an inter-institutional effort to answer some of those questions.


Division of Research & Economic Development
Case and McMahon's print, depicting overlapping plants in blue, pink, purple, orange, yellow and black, on a white background.

In 1901, the 16 Major League Baseball teams produced 455 home runs. Players were discouraged from attempting it. Nearly 120 years later, players couldn’t seem to help themselves, and MLB smashed all previous records. More homers might mean more exciting games, but some people question why the spike happened. A 91ֿ chemist thinks he has some clues about this unusual surge in home runs.

Students studying in a classroom

The “C” in “college” might as well stand for “cramming.”
Studies show students are notoriously bad at adopting and adhering consistently to high-impact study habits that help them retain knowledge long-term.
Researchers and faculty at 91ֿ, however, are collaborating on a new project to put a modern technological twist on a tried-and-true study tactic.

Materials Science Graduate Program: Graduate Education on Soft Matter Science
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of 91ֿ’s College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances.