College of Arts and Sciences
NSF Supports Inter-institutional Project to Develop Chemical Sensor Technology
Toxic air pollutants such as chlorine and ozone are hazards for civilian workers and public service employees like firefighters, police and military personnel. Some airborne chemicals can be difficult to detect at low levels with high specificity, though, and relevant technologies like wearable sens…
Acclaimed Photography Exhibition Returns to Kent Campus
91ֿ is pleased and proud to announce the return of “We the People,” a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.
NIH Continues Support of 91ֿ Alzheimer’s Researcher with New 2-Year Grant
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 91ֿ’s own Dr. Gemma Casadesus Smith. Since 2016, Casadesus Smith, an associate professor of biologi…
NIH Funds 91ֿ Psychologist’s Project to Teach Children Food Allergy Safety Skills
A 91ֿ researcher with a background in safety training models — and a very personal motivation — has devised a method to help some children with food allergies stay safe, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just granted him the funding to test it.
91ֿ Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences
One of 91ֿ’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that includes about 660 member…
NSF Awards 91ֿ Researchers $1.3 Million to Nourish Children’s Minds, Fill Their Bellies
Science is complex, and it’s difficult to discuss it with children under the best circumstances; it’s even more difficult when they are hungry. Two 91ֿ researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those problems, and the National Science Foundation just awarded them a three-year, $1.3 million grant to determine if their recipe works.
91ֿ Biological Sciences Researchers to Lead Study on the Effects of the Spreading Eastern Red Cedars
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to 91ֿ to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree species (Juniperus virginiana), spreads across the landscape.
Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All 91ֿ
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 with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.
Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All 91ֿ
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 with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.
Between Metropolis and Interior: Lobbies and Thresholds
Working in cooperation with the (LAU), 20 interior design students – 10 from 91ֿ's College of Architecture and Environmental Design and 10 from LAU in Beirut – spent nine days in New York City, the design capital of North America, for a workshop.