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Kent State Student and Professor Find Effective Alternatives to Current Antibiotic Therapy of Skin Infection
March 17, 2014
Kent State University undergraduate student Jean Wilson Mutambuze and Jean Engohang-Ndong, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, are conducting a research project that has found a promising new alternative to manage a…
Read More »Kent State Holds Symposium on “The Neuroscience of Obesity”
March 13, 2014
Researchers will present findings on the prevention and treatment of obesity and the brain’s role in food intake and physical activity Kent State University’s second annual neuroscience symposium will cover the latest research findings on “The Neuroscience of Obesity” on April…
Read More »Kent State Researchers Map How Place and Space Shape Urban Crime
March 10, 2014
Researchers at Kent State University will investigate urban neighborhood crime hotspots in Northeast Ohio over the next two-and-a-half years, funded by a $474,000 Department of Justice grant.
Read More »BSCI Graduate Student selected to participate in the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
March 9, 2014
The scientific review panel of the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings has selected Jennifer Remus from Kent State University's Biological Sciences Department's graduate program to participate in the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, to be held from 29 June to 4…
Read More »Down Syndrome Research at Kent State Awarded One of Four Grants
March 7, 2014
A Kent State University neurobiologist is one of four researchers in the U.S. awarded grants by the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation for projects to improve cognition in individuals with Down syndrome.
Read More »KENT STATE STUDENTS EXPLORE INSECT DIVERSITY AT THE STARK CAMPUS BIOPOND
Feb. 25, 2014
The term “biopond” stems from the employment of a pond as a teaching tool for biodiversity, evolution and ecology. The main purpose of this study is to record the effect of urbanization, or the building of a new science building, on the diversity of the moth and caddisfly…
Read More »Undergraduates From Across Region to Share Findings at Social Science Conference
Feb. 20, 2014
Undergraduate students and their faculty mentors, representing more than 25 colleges from across the region, will meet March 1 at the first Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Sociology Symposium in the Kent State University Student Center.
Read More »2nd Annual Neuroscience Symposium
Feb. 14, 2014
Kent State University has considerable strength in a broad range of neurosciences from molecular biology to behavior and addresses through its research a wide variety of neurological diseases and illnesses. The purpose of the symposium is to provide an opportunity…
Read More »Biological Sciences Department's Bi-Annual Pre-Med Information Night
Feb. 14, 2014
Interested in going to medical school but have all kinds of questions regarding how best to prepare and apply? We have the answers for you! Come hear Dr. John Johnson, associate professor in BSCI and the pre-med coordinator along with Gail Spalsbury, Academic Advisor for the…
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