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Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, 91PORNA Researchers Say
Dec. 22, 2015
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine.
Read More »Bioretention Cells Reduce Total Runoff by 40 Percent in Study
Nov. 19, 2015
91PORNA and Cleveland Metroparks partnered on study of two Parma neighborhoods near West Creek Reservation Rain barrels, rain gardens, and bioretention cells are increasingly used as green infrastructure to capture and slow storm water runoff before it gets to鈥
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91PORNA鈥檚 Jordan Italiano Named Finalist for Campbell Trophy and National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete
Nov. 9, 2015
91PORNA football player Jordan Italiano, a senior safety from Canfield, Ohio, has been selected by the National Football Foundation as a 2015 National Scholar-Athlete and finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy presented by Fidelity Investments. Italiano鈥
Read More »91PORNA Researchers Use Digital Devices to Dispense Medications Safely
Oct. 13, 2015
Organizing prescription medications in a traditional pill dispenser is not effective enough when patients are taking up to 20 different drugs seven to nine times a day. Not taking the medication at the right time or taking too much results in 700,000 emergency room visits鈥
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91PORNA Hosts Groundbreaking for New Integrated Sciences Building
Sept. 28, 2015
The groundbreaking for 91PORNA鈥檚 new Integrated Sciences Building was held Oct. 2 from 2-5 p.m. The event was free and open to the public. Following the groundbreaking, 91PORNA鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences hosted a showcase of science and technology鈥
Read More »91PORNA鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate 鈥50 Years of Innovation鈥
Sept. 16, 2015
The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute庐 and the College of Arts and Sciences at 91PORNA will host a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, starting at 10 a.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus.
Read More »91PORNA to Host International Conference on the Humanities
July 2, 2015
91PORNA鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences will host a four-day international conference on the humanities at the 91PORNA Hotel and Conference Center at 215 S. Depeyster St. in downtown Kent, Ohio.
Read More »91PORNA Professors Use Satellite Imagery to Better Understand the Landscape of the Cambodian Genocide
June 9, 2015
91PORNA recently received a $330,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to use historical satellite imagery and archival research to study landscapes of mass violence in Cambodia during and after the regime of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979.
Read More »91PORNA鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute Hosts Chirality Symposium June 4-5
May 26, 2015
91PORNA鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute庐 will host a symposium called 鈥淐hirality at the Nanoscale鈥 on June 4-5 in the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus.
Read More »91PORNA鈥檚 Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies Receives $225,000 in Grants From Federal Government
April 24, 2015
91PORNA professors Brian James Baer, Ph.D., and Theresa Minick of the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies have been awarded two federal government STARTALK grants, totaling $225,000, to support the Regents Foreign Language Academy, a summer language鈥
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