University partners with i-Health and Stow-Glen Retirement Village Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University, in partnership with the Stow-Glen Retirement Village in Stow, Ohio, recently received an industry-funded grant of $430,000 from i-Health Inc., a subsidiary of DSM Nutritional Products, to examine whether taking a probiotic dietary supplement, commonly sold over the counter, can improve the mood and memory of middle-aged and older adults. John Gunstad, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹, is leading a team of researchers on the ...
Kevin J. Spence, a Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University higher education administration doctoral student, visited Cienfuegos, Cuba, to help bridge Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s College of Education, Health and Human Services’ past to the present. In October, Spence discussed the Visiting Scholar program at Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education during the second Workshop of Strategic Alliances for the Internationalization of Higher Education at the University of Cienfuegos. “The College of Education, Health and Human Services has had ties with Cuba that dates back 68 years with...
At the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University Board of Trustees meeting held today (Dec. 7, 2016), the Board voted to establish the Brain Health Research Institute, further supporting significant existing research and providing additional support for researchers to collaborate across multiple departments, colleges and campuses. With more than 50 faculty members involved in brain health research, brain health is one of Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s largest areas of research strength and opportunity. Notable recent grants include a $3.5 million award to study mindfulness-based stress reduction for high blood pressure...
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University students in the College of Arts and Sciences will get the opportunity to travel to Japan to do collaborative research in a world-class institute, specializing in primate biology, thanks to a recently signed memorandum of understanding with the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University. By studying primates as a model for humans, the researchers hope to address a variety of topics, including evolutionary genetic analysis, Alzheimer’s disease and aggressive behavior. The memorandum, signed by Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s Todd Diacon, Ph.D., senior vice presiden...
More than 72,000 items in Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University Libraries’ May 4 Collection will be digitally captured with the funding assistance of a $119,443 matching grant, provided by the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC). The digitization of these documents will allow users to explore these events and the context surrounding them through free, online access that will be located at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹'s Special Collections and Archives. As the project progresses throughout the two-year grant period, announcements regarding new additions to the digital archive will be posted to the...