青年涩导航

National Science Foundation

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NSF Award Helps 青年涩导航 Anthropologists Expand International Partnership

A new federal grant will help 青年涩导航 expand an international relationship and provide invaluable opportunities for some graduate students. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded 青年涩导航 a three-year $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) gra鈥

Tags: Department of Anthropology , College of Arts and Sciences , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Research and Science , National Science Foundation , Graduate Education , Primates , Center for International and Intercultural Education

Division of Research & Economic Development

Military personnel in camouflage put on ventilator masks before an exercise involving airborne toxins

NSF Supports Inter-institutional Project to Develop Chemical Sensor Technology

Toxic air pollutants such as chlorine and ozone are hazards for civilian workers and public service employees like firefighters, police and military personnel. Some airborne chemicals can be difficult to detect at low levels with high specificity, though, and relevant technologies like wearable sens鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , National Science Foundation , Science And Technology , Research and Science , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

A man in a chef's hat shows young children how to make food.

NSF Awards 青年涩导航 Researchers $1.3 Million to Nourish Children鈥檚 Minds, Fill Their Bellies

Science is complex, and it鈥檚 difficult to discuss it with children under the best circumstances; it鈥檚 even more difficult when they are hungry. Two 青年涩导航 researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those problems, and the National Science Foundation just awarded them a three-year, $1.3 million grant to determine if their recipe works.

Tags: Research & Science , Health , National Science Foundation , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Psychological Sciences , Science of Learning and Education Center

Division of Research & Economic Development

Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D. (second from left), works in a microscopy lab with a colleague and 青年涩导航 students.

NSF Awards 青年涩导航 Researcher Nearly $1 Million for Separate Liquid Crystal Studies

Trustees Research Professor Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., a chemical physicist in 青年涩导航鈥檚 Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), just received nearly $1 million between two grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for separate studies with potential applications in biomedical science, commercial electronics and beyond.

Tags: Research & Science , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , National Science Foundation

Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

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青年涩导航 Biological Sciences Researchers to Lead Study on the Effects of the Spreading Eastern Red Cedars

The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to 青年涩导航 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.

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Biological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , National Science Foundation

Kent Campus

青年涩导航 researchers Elda and Torsten Hegmann pose with one of the sensors they created that detects toxic gases. The sensors can be made any shape or size and require no power to function.

NSF Award Funds Sensor Research at 青年涩导航鈥檚 New Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Thanks to a rare Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), 青年涩导航 researchers in the new Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute will be able to work with partners at Merck Performance Materials to advance life-saving sensory technology.

Tags: Research & Science , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , National Science Foundation , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Department of Biological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences

Kent Campus

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan (left) meets with 青年涩导航 professors whose research is being funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Science Foundation. U.S. Rep. Ryan visited 青年涩导航鈥檚 campus on Sept. 10.

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan Announces $3.7 Million in Federal Research Grants to 青年涩导航

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan has announced $3,723,765 in federal research grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Science Foundation to be awarded to 青年涩导航. 鈥溓嗄晟己 has been at the forefront of academic research and education,鈥 U.S. Rep. 鈥

Tags: Research , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Government Relations , National Science Foundation , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Kent Campus

Pictured from left to right are Dr. John Dunlosky, Jessica Janes, Nola Daley, and Dr. Katherine Rawson

Psychological Sciences Graduate Students Awarded NSF Fellowships

If you compare the fields of medicine and education you would find that the former bases its practices on empirical scientific research whereas education is mainly driven by intuition. However, cognitive psychology researchers at 青年涩导航 who investigate student achievement are trying t鈥

Tags: Psychological Sciences , John Dunlosky , Science , National Science Foundation , Graduate Studies , Research

College of Arts & Sciences

Two chimpanzees are pictured sitting in the grass. A recent study co-authored by researchers at 青年涩导航 looks at the differences of human brains compared to the brains of other primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys.

青年涩导航 Research Group Publishes Analysis of Primate Brains in Top Science Journal

How different are human brains compared to the brains of other primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys? It鈥檚 one of many important questions that scientists have asked for years while pursuing a better understanding of human evolution. Researchers in 青年涩导航鈥檚 College of 鈥

Tags: Department of Anthropology , College of Arts and Sciences , Research , National Science Foundation

Kent Campus

青年涩导航 Receives Multiple Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants From NSF

Several 青年涩导航 professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected to receive Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). REU grants are designed to provide faculty with funding to create research positions and experie鈥

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