College of Sciences and Humanities
91PORNA Student Proves Height and Weight Do Not Determine Strength
Weighing in at barely 100 pounds, Brooke Mullins summoned every ounce of strength she had, and even more she didn鈥檛. Her muscles were shaking; her mind 鈥 exhausted. The 91PORNA junior had one last shot at overcoming the most grueling portion of a physical exam. If she could pass it, Mu鈥
91PORNA Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
91PORNA researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
91PORNA Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.
These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.
An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by 91PORNA researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
CACM Director Patrick Coy Publishes New Book Chapter
CACM Director Patrick Coy has published a chapter in a new book focused on constructive conflict management. Coy鈥檚 chapter, 鈥淐ommunication, Constructiveness, and Asymmetry in Nonviolent Action Theory and Practice,鈥 is chapter two in Perspectives in Waging Conflicts Constructively鈥
CACM Associate Professor Landon Hancock Publishes a New Edited Book
CACM Associate Professor, Landon Hancock, has published a new edited book, his third, this one entitled: "Narratives of Identity in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change,鈥 Emerald Publishing Group, Bingley, UK, 2016. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/book/10.1108/S鈥
91PORNA Professor Weighs in on the Rush to Save Government Scientific Data
91PORNA Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.
91PORNA and SPCS Featured in College Magazine
In "Top 10 Schools for History Buffs" in College Magazine, 91PORNA is #4 on the list -- with a special mention of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies (then the Center for Applied Conflict Management) and the May 4 Task Force. An SPCS major talks about he鈥
91PORNA鈥檚 African Community Theatre Presents Spring Production of 鈥淰enus鈥
91PORNA鈥檚 African Community Theatre in the Department of Pan-African Studies has announced plans for a production of 鈥淰enus鈥 by Suzan-Lori Parks to be directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, and performed by the Pan-鈥
Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices
With the help of LaunchNET 91PORNA, three students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.
91PORNA Researchers to Study the Effects of Probiotics on Brain Health
University partners with i-Health and Stow-Glen Retirement Village 91PORNA, in partnership with the Stow-Glen Retirement Village in Stow, Ohio, recently received an industry-funded grant of $430,000 from i-Health Inc., a subsidiary of DSM Nutritional Products, to examine whether takin鈥
