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Research

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ student Andrew Wyatt spent this past fall semester enhancing his research on Italian author Italo Svevo with a study abroad experience in Italy.

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,…

Tags: Undergraduate Research Symposium , Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement , Department of Modern and Classical Languages , College of Arts and Sciences , Research , Student Success , Success Story

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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…

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Research , National Science Foundation , Science of Learning and Education Center

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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…

Tags: College of Education, Health and Human Services , Research

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Jeffrey Child, associate professor of communication and associate director of the School of Communication Studies in the College of Communication and Information, teaches a class on the first floor of Taylor Hall.

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…

Tags: Research , School of Communication Studies , college of communication and information , Scholar of the Month

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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…

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Research

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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.&nbsp; In his recent article, published in Post-Soviet Affairs, Nelson examines how …

Tags: Department of Political Science , College of Arts and Sciences , Andrew Barnes , Todd Nelson , History , Vladimir Putin , Joseph Stalin , Research

College of Arts & Sciences

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ economics major and Chinese minor Garmai Matthew is excited to climb the Great Wall of China during her education-abroad trip this past summer.

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…

Tags: Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , Department of Economics , Global Education , Education Abroad , Student Success , Research

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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…

Tags: Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , Department of Economics , Global Education , Education Abroad , Student Success , Research , Success Story

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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. &nbsp;
&nbsp; So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to t…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Research , Success Story

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