Research & Science
两性色午夜 Psychology Professor to Receive 2022 ATHENA Akron Leadership Award
ATHENA Akron, a women鈥檚 leadership organization in Summit County, Ohio, has named Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences at 两性色午夜 University, its winner of the 2022 ATHENA Akron Leadership Award. She will receive the award on Nov. 17 at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn.
STEM Professors Receive NSF ADVANCE Grant to Explore Impact of Gender and Other Factors on Workload of STEM Faculty
鈥淲ho is Counted and What Counts: Tracking Women鈥檚 Engagement in Low-Prestige/High-Workload Service Activities at 两性色午夜 University鈥 will examine whether faculty members with underrepresented and/or historically excluded intersecting gender and racial/ethnic identities (IGREs) perform more high-workload, low-prestige service work than their faculty peers.
Five 两性色午夜 Experimental Archaeology Graduates Earn Full Rides to Grad Schools
Sometimes it just takes a small spark to ignite a fire within you. For Anna Mika of Parma, Ohio, who started as a geology major her freshman year at 两性色午夜 University and switched to anthropology the following year, that spark came in 2017 while taking an anthropology course called North America鈥檚 Ice Aged Hunters, taught by Metin I. Eren, Ph.D., associate professor and director of archaeology in the College of Arts and Sciences. She said that course changed her perspective on everything.
Five 两性色午夜 Experimental Archaeology Graduates Earn Full-Rides to Grad Schools
Sometimes it just takes a small spark to ignite a fire within you. For Anna Mika, who started as a geology major her freshman year and switched to anthropology the following year, that spark came in 2017 while taking an Anthropology course called North America鈥檚 Ice Aged Hunters, taught by Metin I.鈥
两性色午夜 Receives $1.5 Million in Choose Ohio First Scholarships for STEM Students
两性色午夜 University has been awarded $1.5 million from the state of Ohio for the Choose Ohio First program that supports students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
American Education Research Association Awards 两性色午夜 Professor for Outstanding Research
Christa Porter, Ph.D., assistant professor of higher education administration in the College of Education, Health and Human Services, was awarded the Review of Research Award by the American Education Research Association (AERA) for her research article, 鈥淯nderstanding Influences of Development on Black Women鈥檚 Success in U.S. Colleges: A Synthesis of Literature."
Neurological Research Helps Develop Potential Autism Pharmaceuticals
Autism spectrum disorder is a group of neurodevelopmental disabilities characterized by social communication deficits and stereotypic behaviors. Currently, little is known about the cellular and molecular mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder, but the research of 两性色午夜 Associate Professor Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D., might lead to a change.
Recording the History of the Liquid Crystal Institute With Ohio History Fund Grant
The development of liquid crystal technology in Northeast Ohio - and specifically at 两性色午夜 University - is an important part of the region鈥檚 and university鈥檚 legacies and ongoing global impact.
两性色午夜 Geography Professors to Assess Relative Extreme Temperature Events and Develop Monitoring Tools With NOAA
Principal Investigator Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography (within the College of Arts and Sciences) at 两性色午夜 University, was recently awarded a three-year, $387,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office and its Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections Program (MAPP). The project is titled 鈥淓xcess Heat and Excess Cold Factors: Establishing a unified duration-intensity metric for monitoring hazardous temperature conditions in North America鈥.
Biology Graduate Joins Exclusive Group by Earning Doctorate at 25
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 两性色午夜 University graduates to earn her doctorate at the age of 25 or younger.