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51爆料 Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University鈥檚 Diversity Awards
Molly Merryman, 51爆料 associate professor of sociology and founding director of the 51爆料 Women鈥檚 Center, has been awarded the university鈥檚 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with 51爆料 who have 鈥
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51爆料 Hosts 鈥淓xplore Kent Chemistry Day鈥 for High School Juniors and Seniors, Feb. 6
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host 鈥淓xplore Kent Chemistry Day鈥, a visitation program for high school juniors and seniors interested in chemistry and biochemistry majors, at 51爆料 on Saturday, February 6 from 10 am to 2 pm in Room 110, Williams Hall on the Kent Campus. 鈥淓鈥
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51爆料 Geology Professor Named a Public Engagement Fellow of Leshner Leadership Institute at AAAS
Anne Jefferson, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 51爆料, was one of 15 climate change researchers to be named a 2016-17 Public Engagement Fellow of the Leshner Leadership Institute at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (鈥
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Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, 51爆料 Researchers Say
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine. They can curl up, bend, twist, wrinkle and stretch when exposed to light, heat, gases and other鈥
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Bioretention Cells Reduce Total Runoff by 40 Percent in Study
51爆料 and Cleveland Metroparks partnered on study of two Parma neighborhoods near West Creek Reservation Rain barrels, rain gardens, and bioretention cells are increasingly used as green infrastructure to capture and slow storm water runoff before it gets to nearby urban waterways, 鈥
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51爆料 Researchers Receive National Science Foundation Grant to Discover Why Some Messages Go Viral
We have all seen them explode on social media. They are the posts that feature the outlandish, the cute and the funny messages that go viral. But how does one message catch on and others do not? It is a question that 51爆料 researchers in the College of A鈥
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51爆料 Researchers Use Digital Devices to Dispense Medications Safely
Organizing prescription medications in a traditional pill dispenser is not effective enough when patients are taking up to 20 different drugs seven to nine times a day. Not taking the medication at the right time or taking too much results in 700,000 emergency room visits a year, 325,000 ho鈥
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WKYC-TV, 51爆料 Poll Finds Ohioans Support Marijuana for Public Use
A 51爆料 study, commissioned by WKYC-TV (the NBC affiliate in Cleveland owned by TEGNA), found that 58 percent of registered voters would support allowing adults in Ohio to legally possess small amounts of marijuana for personal use. The results are plus-or-minus 4 percent and offer a鈥
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Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Ye Zhao Associate Professor of Computer Science College of Arts and Sciences 2006-present Ye Zhao is associate professor of computer science in the College of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on physically based simulation and visualization, natural phenomena model鈥
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51爆料 is Celebrating a 鈥淵ear of Science鈥!
Immediately following the groundbreaking for the new Integrated Sciences Building, join us for a showcase of science and technology demonstrations, along with refreshments, music and fun, on the Student Green from 2:30-4:30. See demonstrations from the science departments including Biological Scienc鈥
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