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When she receives her doctorate degree in cellular biology on May 14, Amber Rose Titus will enter an exclusive group: She will become one of just seven ѿappUniversity graduates to earn her doctorate at the age of 25 or younger.
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A research group in the College of Arts and Sciences at ѿappUniversity is searching for potential treatments for men who have suffered spinal cord injuries and hope to regain bladder control and sexual functions.
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Julia Perrone, research technician and lab manager of the Bahlai computational ecology lab in the ѿappDepartment of Biological Sciences, wants teachers and students to get a chance to understand ecology and data science from a hands-on perspective. Perrone, a recent…
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Three faculty members in ѿappUniversity's Department of Biological Sciences recently co-authored a 384-page hardcover book, “Problem Plants of Ohio,” published by the ѿappUniversity Press.
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Kent State’s David Costello is passionate about identifying what trace metals lie within Northeast Ohio’s streams and what the effects of these metals are on the surrounding environment. Costello, an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, received a $718,…
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Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program Lead for Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN). The group will assess the effectiveness…
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Two ѿappUniversity students, in the College of Arts and Sciences, were among 62 students from 50 different U.S. universities recently selected for funding by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.
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April’s observance as Autism Awareness Month is coming to a close, but research into the whys and hows of autism is always ongoing at ѿappUniversity.
Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., director of the Brain Health Research Institute at Kent State, said the university supports…
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The words “biology” and “design” might not typically intertwine; however, ѿappUniversity’s Biodesign Challenge course was created to challenge the idea that the two separate disciplines could not collaborate.
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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 ѿappUniversity’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.