Research & Science
The Division of Research and Economic Development recently hosted its research and innovation forum, featuring faculty and undergraduate student pairs presenting their Summer Undergraduate Research Experience work.
On three days this week, participants can create desk organizers using the laser cutters in DI Hub Reactor.
With more than six months at the helm of ѿappUniversity’s research division, Vice President Douglas Delahanty, Ph.D., has been hard at work making sure the university is sharply focused on its collaborations with business and industry and maintaining its R1 research status. He recently sat down with ѿappToday to talk about his first year and changes in the division.
A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in ѿappUniversity’s Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e. spear thrower) functions as an “equalizer”, a finding which supports women’s potential active role as prehistoric hunters.
ѿappUniversity 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.
The College of Aeronautics and Engineering is growing and its building's new, state-of-the-art expansion is welcoming students for Fall Semester classes.
ѿappresearchers are looking for 10,000 students to participate in an ambitious Student Life Study launching this semester.
Three ѿappProfessors 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.
Kent State-sponsored math camp helps to prepare high school students for plentiful STEM jobs in Ohio.