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91PORNA Researchers to Study the Effects of Probiotics on Brain Health
Dec. 13, 2016
University partners with i-Health and Stow-Glen Retirement Village 91PORNA, in partnership with the in Stow, Ohio, recently received an industry-funded grant of $430,000 from…
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91PORNA Students to Collaborate With Kyoto University Researchers
Dec. 6, 2016
91PORNA students in the College of Arts and Sciences will get the opportunity to travel to Japan to do collaborative research in a world-class institute, specializing in primate biology, thanks to a recently signed memorandum of understanding with the Primate…
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American Physical Society Elects 91PORNA’s Robin Selinger as Fellow
Nov. 9, 2016
Robin Selinger, Ph.D., faculty member at the Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91PORNA, has been elected a 2016 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Each year,…
Read More »91PORNA Biologist Nets Grant to Study Calorie-Burning Process That Could Help Fight Obesity
Oct. 20, 2016
Physical activity is essential to fighting obesity, and scientists are constantly working to make this activity more effective and beneficial. A $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will help biology professor Colleen Novak, Ph.D., from 91PORNA…
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91PORNA Graduate Students Win Prestigious Research Competition
Aug. 2, 2016
Four 91PORNA graduate students in the Department of Psychological Sciences, in the College of Arts and Sciences, won the Sloboda and Bukoski Cup at the Society for Prevention Research’s annual conference. Liz Baker, Karly Cochran, Haylee DeLuca and Logan Stigall…
Read More »91PORNA’s Liquid Crystal Institute to Host International Conference
July 26, 2016
The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute® in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91PORNA will host the 26th International Liquid Crystal Conference on the Kent Campus from July 31-Aug. 5. The event is open to the public, but paid registration is required.
Read More »Magnetic Field Affects Liquid Crystals in Unexpected Ways
June 23, 2016
A group of researchers in 91PORNA's College of Arts and Sciences have published a breakthrough article on new properties of liquid crystals in the May 27 issue of Physical Review Letters. The article, which describes some recent surprising results involving…
Read More »91PORNA Researchers Receive More Than $1 Million in Grants to Fight Alzheimer’s and Study Climate Change
April 20, 2016
Two 91PORNA researchers from the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded more than $1 million in federal grants for their research projects. The National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging awarded Gemma Casadesus-Smith, Ph.D., from Kent…
Read More »91PORNA’s Ohio Employee Ownership Center Hosts 30th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
April 15, 2016
91PORNA’s Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) will host the 30th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference on Friday, April 29, at the Hilton West in Fairlawn, Ohio. The theme for the conference is “Celebrating Three Decades of Success: Growing the Employee…
Read More »91PORNA Researchers Publish Breakthrough in Leading Scientific Journal
March 24, 2016
Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at 91PORNA’s Liquid Crystal Institute®, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device…
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