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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Comes to Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ for Presidential Speaker Series
Aug. 30, 2013
UPDATE: All general admission and student tickets for the Kent Student Center Ballroom as well as all general admission tickets for the Kiva simulcast have been taken. We'll see you in September!
Read More »New Faculty for Fall 2013
Aug. 28, 2013
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry welcomes two new faculty members for AY 2013-2014. Professor David Bowers earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Akron. His research at Akron focused in the field of main-group inorganic chemistry, with…
Read More »The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Judaism and Christianity
Aug. 27, 2013
09/19/13 7:00pm, KIVA Dr. Adolfo Roitman is curator of the Shrine of the Book, which houses the remarkable Dead Sea Scroll collection at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. This lecture is presented by the Jewish Studies Program and supported by the College of Arts and Sciences…
Read More »2013 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize Awarded to Oliver Bendorf
Aug. 26, 2013
Congratulations to Oliver Bendorf, the winner of the 2013 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. Mark Doty selected his manuscript, SPECTRAL WILDERNESS, which will be published by Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University Press next fall.
Read More »Research Groups Awarded $400,000 NSF Grant
Aug. 9, 2013
(from left to right): Zachary Fejedelem, Mary Waddington, Rohan Dassanayake, Yang "Joe" Zhou, Dr. Nicola Brasch and Dr. Paul Sampson. Not pictured: Nawar Al-Lami.
Read More »Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Awarded Two Grants from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Aug. 8, 2013
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University has been awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. One grant, for research on physical activity levels and obesity, totaled $384,192, and the second grant, for stress-induced noradrenergic modulation of neuroinflammation…
Read More »Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Professor to Receive American Psychological Association Award
July 30, 2013
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University Professor of Psychology Mary Ann Parris Stephens, Ph.D., has been selected to receive the 2013 Developmental Health Award by the Aging and Health Committee of the American Psychological Association. Stephens will receive the award and give an invited…
Read More »Department Mourns Loss of Professor Emeritus Neff
July 11, 2013
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is sad to announce the passing on July 6, 2013 of Professor Emeritus Dr. Vernon D. Neff. He was 80 years old.
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Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Psychology Professor Wins Outstanding Research and Scholar Award
July 8, 2013
Unlike students who try to master copious material the night before an exam — only to forget about half of it the next semester, Katherine Rawson, Ph.D., associate professor in Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s Department of Psychology, will not soon fo
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