This section highlights a few of the ongoing projects conducted by our faculty that will show you why we’re a national leader in brain health research. You’ll have a chance to learn about new insights into reducing the risk for Alzheimer’s disease, how our brains can “turn up our temperature” to help us lose weight, important differences in the brain waves of Tibetan monks, and some others.

The goal of the university’s Global Understanding Research Initiative is to foster new interdisciplinary collaborations, with a particular focus on research that spans not only disciplinary boundaries but geographic boundaries as well.

Innovation at Kent State University is alive and well! Our Liquid Crystal Institute is always at the forefront of invention and discovery, and we are seeing exciting developments from other areas of the University too. Faculty in our College of Podiatric Medicine, in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Aeronautics and Engineering, the Fashion School, and many other schools and colleges are busy working on new ideas and designs.