Research & Science

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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Undergrad researcher at ESDRI symposium

“This is, by far, my favorite event of anything we do here.”

Kent State's annual Undergraduate Research Symposium is one of the university's biggest research events of the year.

Tags: Division of Research & Sponsored Programs, Research & Science, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Nationally Distinctive, Students First, University News

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Two students in a lab.

New Research Funding Plan ‘Changes the Game’

Following Kent State’s designation as an R1 research institution, the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs set its sights on investments to maintain this designation, including increasing the amount of grant dollars spent over the next three years.

Tags: Research & Science, Students First, Nationally Distinctive, University News, Kent State Works

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Dorceta Taylor ESDRI Symposium Keynote Speaker

Environmental Justice, Ecology and Race

Issues concerning environmentalism and race will be explored at the 2023 ESDRI Symposium, April 13-14, at Kent State University

Tags: ESDRI, Research & Science, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute, Anti-Racism and Equity Institute, Organizational Sustainability, Students First, Nationally Distinctive

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