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Student working with the laser cutter in the DI Hub Reactor

IN A FLASH: Creating with Lasers!

On three days this week, participants can create desk organizers using the laser cutters in DI Hub Reactor.

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Student researchers at work in a laboratory at ɬ.

New Vice President for Research Looks to Expand Opportunities With Business and Industry

With more than six months at the helm of ɬ’s research division, Vice President Douglas Delahanty, Ph.D., has been hard at work making sure the university is sharply focused on its collaborations with business and industry and maintaining its R1 research status. He recently sat down with ɬ Today to talk about his first year and changes in the division.

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Weapon Use Equalized Division Of Labor While Hunting: Archaeology Professors Led Experimental Study

A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in ɬ’s Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e. spear thrower) functions as an “equalizer”, a finding which supports women’s potential active role as prehistoric hunters.

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Engineers from Leica install the new NLO microscope in the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus in June 2023.

Laser-Focused: New Microscope to Benefit ɬ Researchers

ɬ researchers are beginning to use a new high-tech microscope that will allow them to view the structure of cell tissue on a more intense level. 

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child doing homework

ɬ Professors Develop Machine Learning Tool to Assess Children’s Math Proficiency

Three ɬ Professors have been awarded a $101,929 grant to develop a machine learning tool to evaluate and support children's understanding of fraction arithmetic.

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ɬ Professors Develop Machine Learning Tool to Assess Children’s Math Proficiency

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NIH Grant to Fund Research on the Impact of a Parent’s Mental Health on Their Children

With a specific focus on depressed and non-depressed parental groups, the study led by Sara Black, Ph.D., in the Department of Psychological Sciences, seeks to understand how parental depressive symptoms may influence parent-child interaction and the subsequent effects on child development and emotional well-being. 

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Students take part in the Stark County Summer Math Academy for high school students at the ɬ Stark Campus.

Math Camp for High Schoolers Seeks to Ready Future College Students for STEM Jobs in Ohio

ɬ-sponsored math camp helps to prepare high school students for plentiful STEM jobs in Ohio.

  

 

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Engineers from Leica install the new NLO microscope in the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus in June 2023.

Laser-Focused: New Microscope to Benefit ɬ Researchers

ɬ researchers are beginning to use a new high-tech microscope that will allow them to view the structure of cell tissue on a more intense level. 

Tags: Research & Science , Brain Health Research Institute , Advanced Materials Liquid Crystal Institute , Nationally Distinctive

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