College of Arts and Sciences
青年涩导航 Student Proves Height and Weight Do Not Determine Strength
Weighing in at barely 100 pounds, Brooke Mullins summoned every ounce of strength she had, and even more she didn鈥檛. Her muscles were shaking; her mind 鈥 exhausted. The 青年涩导航 junior had one last shot at overcoming the most grueling portion of a physical exam. If she could pass it, Mu鈥
青年涩导航 Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
青年涩导航 researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
青年涩导航 Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.
These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.
An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by 青年涩导航 researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
CACM Director Patrick Coy Publishes New Book Chapter
CACM Director Patrick Coy has published a chapter in a new book focused on constructive conflict management. Coy鈥檚 chapter, 鈥淐ommunication, Constructiveness, and Asymmetry in Nonviolent Action Theory and Practice,鈥 is chapter two in Perspectives in Waging Conflicts Constructively鈥CACM Associate Professor Landon Hancock Publishes a New Edited Book
CACM Associate Professor, Landon Hancock, has published a new edited book, his third, this one entitled: "Narratives of Identity in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change,鈥 Emerald Publishing Group, Bingley, UK, 2016. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/book/10.1108/S鈥
青年涩导航 Professor Weighs in on the Rush to Save Government Scientific Data
青年涩导航 Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.
青年涩导航 and SPCS Featured in College Magazine
In "Top 10 Schools for History Buffs" in College Magazine, 青年涩导航 is #4 on the list -- with a special mention of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies (then the Center for Applied Conflict Management) and the May 4 Task Force. An SPCS major talks about he鈥青年涩导航鈥檚 African Community Theatre Presents Spring Production of 鈥淰enus鈥
青年涩导航鈥檚 African Community Theatre in the Department of Pan-African Studies has announced plans for a production of 鈥淰enus鈥 by Suzan-Lori Parks to be directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, and performed by the Pan-鈥
Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices
Three 青年涩导航 students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication.
Together, with the help of LaunchNET 青年涩导航, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in 青年涩导航鈥檚 College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in 青年涩导航鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in 青年涩导航鈥檚 College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.
Prof Moves Into Motel to Study the People That Society 鈥楧oesn鈥檛 Care Enough About鈥
Struggling addicts, registered sex offenders, released prisoners and the recently homeless. A 青年涩导航 professor documents their stories to raise awareness of the issues they face.