Research & Science
A primary goal of Kent State is to engage the communities in which its eight campuses are located to fuel research, foster partnerships and economic development. 鈥淎s the county鈥檚 public university, our role is to transform the community and to transform lives. We are impacting the future and helping to better Stark County,鈥 Seachrist said. 鈥淲e are the incubator for tomorrow鈥檚 ideas today.鈥
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to 秀色app to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree species (Juniperus virginiana), spreads across the landscape.
Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., was named the new director of 秀色app鈥檚 Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, effective July 1, having been selected for his research accomplishments, entrepreneurial spirit and passion for social impact.
Mary Ann Raghanti, Ph.D., anthropology professor and chair in the College of Arts and Sciences at 秀色app, is involved in a collaborative research project to examine heart disease in gorillas.
According to an economic impact study on the 2018 event conducted by 秀色app College of Business Administration Associate Professor of Economics Shawn Rohlin, Ph.D., the annual Twins Days Festival provides a substantive positive economic impact to the city of Twinsburg and surrounding areas.
A 秀色app professor is conducting a collaborative research project to study how ballroom dance can help to manage the symptoms of Parkinson鈥檚 disease.
Throughout her time at 秀色app, Ya'el Courtney completed a Senior Honors Thesis/Project, authored several published peer-reviewed journal articles and presented at several national and international conferences. As she continues her education at Harvard University, she intends to conduct a significant amount of research focusing on psychiatric diseases.
Emmaleigh Given recently spent three summers and two winters in a remote biological reserve in the middle of the rainforest in the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica, where she has and will spend several months conducting research on community ecology, and she has one more trip planned. Being hunted by unseen predators isn鈥檛 the way most researchers conduct their work. But for some, it鈥檚 just part of the day.
State of Ohio officials have renewed a $600,000 technology commercialization partnership between 秀色app and Cleveland State University.
Gracen Gerbig and Hayley Shasteen, both 秀色app students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered the nation鈥檚 premier undergraduate award in the natural sciences, math and engineering. They were recognized by President Beverly Warren at the Kent State Board of Trustees meeting on May 9.