Meet Megan Korhummel, a 2023-2024 Graduate Dean's Award recipient. Megan is a doctoral student majoring in Clinical Psychology. Please give a short overview of your research. Broadly, my research interest explores the changes in coping strategies and emotional regulation across illness trajectories. I have a secondary interest in health disparities specific to accessibility of care and experiences of underrepresented populations in healthcare settings. What made you choose to pursue your graduate degree here at Kent State? I chose to pursue graduate sch...

Insects play a vital role in our ecosystems, influencing everything from pollination to nutrient cycling. However, in recent years, there has been growing concern about declining insect populations worldwide. The "RCN: An International Network to Assess the Status of Insects" project aims to address this critical issue by establishing a comprehensive network of researchers, experts, and institutions dedicated to assessing the status of insect populations on a global scale. Kent State University Associate Professor Christine Bahlai, Ph.D., from the Department of Biological Sciences, has ...

Kent State University 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.  A new multimodal nonlinear optical microscope, or NLO, capable of various image scattering techniques using lasers, was installed in the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus in June.  It will be used by faculty and researchers in both Kent State’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI) and Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI), as well as science researchers from across the universi...