Research

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Undergraduate Student Enhances His Research Through Study Abroad Experience
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ student Andrew Wyatt’s research evolved from flipping through pages of scholarly writing in Kent, Ohio, to viewing the walls of historic museums and libraries in Trieste, Italy. With the help of his participation in ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s annual Undergraduate Research Symposium,…
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ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s SOLE Center Researchers to Study Informal STEM Learning Experiences With NSF Grant
While most can agree that STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) experiences outside of school can be exciting and engaging for young people, there is much that isn’t known about its impact on short-term and long-term learning. How can it best be connected to what students are learn…
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ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Researchers Find More Smartphone Play Equals Less Fun During Leisure
Today’s smartphones are designed to entertain and are increasingly marketed to young adults as leisure devices. Not surprisingly, research suggests that young adults most often use their phones for entertainment purposes rather than for school or work. With this in mind, three ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Uni…
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Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Jeffrey T. Child Associate Professor of Communication College of Communication and Information 2007-present Jeffrey T. Child is an associate professor of communication and associate director of the School of Communication Studies in the College of Communication and Informatio…
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ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Chemistry Professor's Longtime Collaborator Wins 2014 Nobel Prize For Chemistry
For Robert Twieg, Ph.D., a professor in ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the recent news of his longtime collaborator William E. Moerner winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was actually no surprise at all. In fact, he believes that “he’s deserved it for a whil…
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Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the MonthDeepraj MukherjeeAssistant ProfessorCollege of Business AdministrationÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ at Stark2012-present Deepraj Mukherjee is an assistant professor of economics in the College of Business Administration at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ at Stark. His research focuses on internati…
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Rewriting Russian History
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s administration has slowly changed the way Soviet history is taught in Russia, according to Todd Nelson, Ph.D., a recent ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ political science doctoral graduate. In his recent article, published in Post-Soviet Affairs, Nelson examines how …
College of Arts & Sciences

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Economics Student Explores Sustainable Fashion in China
An education-abroad trip to China this past summer got ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ student Garmai Matthew started on the path to actualizing her dream of promoting sustainable fashion. Matthew, an economics major with an international business and Chinese minor, along with five other ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ students c…
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Education Abroad
An education-abroad trip to China this past summer got ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ student Garmai Matthew started on the path to actualizing her dream of promoting sustainable fashion. Matthew, an economics major with an international business and Chinese minor, along with five other ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ students c…
Kent Campus

A National Treasure
For ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. 
 So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to t…
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