Research & Science

Students with Lego city

Building More Sustainable Cities - with Lego

Familiar building bricks help students devise and visualize sustainable solutions for urban environments.

Tags: Students First, Organizational Sustainability, Research & Science, Department of Geography, Community & Society

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Lawrence Fung, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, spoke at Kent State University on Friday, April 21.

Stanford University Professor Encourages Neurodiversity Advocacy Through Education and Research

Lawrence Fung, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, spoke at Kent State University on Friday, April 21, for the inaugural Neurodiversity Research Initiative Invited Lectureship, sponsored by the new Neurodiversity Research Initiative. 

Tags: Research & Science, Diverse Kent State, Nationally Distinctive

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Kent State alumna and College of Nursing adjunct faculty member Marcia Cornell, center, was named Preceptor of the Year.

College of Nursing Alums Win National Awards at Conference

Two Kent State University College of Nursing alumnae brought home national awards from the recent National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) Annual Conference held in March in Portland, Oregon.

Tags: Student Life, Research & Science, College of Nursing

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Phone in beachbag on sand

Put the Phone Away This Summer Vacation

Smartphones make traveling so much easier..most of the time. Professor Andrew Lepp recently talked to Vox about how “Your Phone Is Ruining Your Vacation.”

Tags: Community & Society, Research & Science, Nationally Distinctive

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Recycling sign

A Smiley Face Makes All the Difference

Research conducted at Kent State proves that seeing a smiley face emoji will make students more prone to recycle their trash. 

Tags: Research & Science, Student Life

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Belden Materials Library

IN A FLASH: Designing for a Better Earth

An Earth Month event today inside the Architecture Library focuses on sustainable building materials. 

Tags: Earth Day, Research & Science, Organizational Sustainability, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, University Libraries

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Earth Fest Stickers

IN A FLASH: Kent State Earth Fest

As part of Earth Month, there was an Earth Fest event at the Kent Student Center on Tuesday.

Tags: Student Life, University News, Research & Science, Community & Society, Organizational Sustainability, Community Impact, Kent Student Center

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Students standing in green house

What Determines Your Social Behavior as You Develop Into an Adult?

For two decades, Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Kent State University, has been studying what happens within the brain that potentially modulates social behavior such as aggression, social memory and maternal care.

Tags: Research & Science, Nationally Distinctive

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