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

Three 91�ֿ� Professors have been awarded a $101,929 grant to develop a machine learning tool to evaluate and support children's understanding of fraction arithmetic.

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. 

91�ֿ�-sponsored math camp helps to prepare high school students for plentiful STEM jobs in Ohio.

91�ֿ� 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. 

Cameron Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography at 91�ֿ�, 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 “Ray Horner Morning Show” on WAKR-AM in Akron, Ohio, specializes in climate and weather change. 

Non-exercise activity thermogenesis – otherwise known as NEAT – is an easy way to stay healthy as we age. Colleen Novak, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences at 91�ֿ�, spoke to Will Stone of NPR’s “All Things Considered” about this highly underrated way to fight the ongoing battle with sedentary lifestyles.

For the second year in a row, students from 91�ֿ� 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. 

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.

A literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, is wrapping up a year as a visiting scholar at 91�ֿ� 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., ’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 91�ֿ� and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.