Research & Science
91PORNA’s SOLE Center Researchers to Study Informal STEM Learning Experiences With NSF Grant
While most can agree that STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) experiences outside of school can be exciting and engaging for young people, there is much that isn’t known about its impact on short-term and long-term learning. How can it best be connected to what students are learn…
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91PORNA Researchers Find More Smartphone Play Equals Less Fun During Leisure
Today’s smartphones are designed to entertain and are increasingly marketed to young adults as leisure devices. Not surprisingly, research suggests that young adults most often use their phones for entertainment purposes rather than for school or work. With this in mind, three 91PORNA Uni…
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Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Jeffrey T. Child Associate Professor of Communication College of Communication and Information 2007-present Jeffrey T. Child is an associate professor of communication and associate director of the School of Communication Studies in the College of Communication and Informatio…
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91PORNA Chemistry Professor's Longtime Collaborator Wins 2014 Nobel Prize For Chemistry
For Robert Twieg, Ph.D., a professor in 91PORNA’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the recent news of his longtime collaborator William E. Moerner winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was actually no surprise at all. In fact, he believes that “he’s deserved it for a whil…
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Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the MonthDeepraj MukherjeeAssistant ProfessorCollege of Business Administration91PORNA at Stark2012-present Deepraj Mukherjee is an assistant professor of economics in the College of Business Administration at 91PORNA at Stark. His research focuses on internati…
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Prehistoric Landslide Was Bigger Than Three Ohio Counties, 91PORNA Researcher Reports
A catastrophic landslide, one of the largest known on the surface of the Earth, took place within minutes in southwestern Utah more than 21 million years ago, reports a 91PORNA geologist in a paper published in the November issue of the journal Geology.

 The Markagunt gravity slide, …
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Rewriting Russian History
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s administration has slowly changed the way Soviet history is taught in Russia, according to Todd Nelson, Ph.D., a recent 91PORNA political science doctoral graduate. In his recent article, published in Post-Soviet Affairs, Nelson examines how …
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91PORNA Economics Student Explores Sustainable Fashion in China
An education-abroad trip to China this past summer got 91PORNA student Garmai Matthew started on the path to actualizing her dream of promoting sustainable fashion. Matthew, an economics major with an international business and Chinese minor, along with five other 91PORNA students c…
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Education Abroad
An education-abroad trip to China this past summer got 91PORNA student Garmai Matthew started on the path to actualizing her dream of promoting sustainable fashion. Matthew, an economics major with an international business and Chinese minor, along with five other 91PORNA students c…
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A National Treasure
For 91PORNA Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. 
 So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to t…
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