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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research
March 4, 2020
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.
Read More »Collaborative ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
Oct. 30, 2019
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
Read More »NIH Continues Support of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant
Oct. 17, 2019
Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
Read More »NIH Funds ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Psychologist’s Project to Teach Children Food Allergy Safety Skills
Aug. 8, 2019
A ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University researcher with a background in safety training models — and a very personal motivation — has devised a method to help some children with food allergies stay safe, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just granted him the funding to test it.
Read More »NSF Awards ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Researchers $1.3 Million to Nourish Children’s Minds, Fill Their Bellies
Aug. 1, 2019
Science is complex, and it’s difficult to discuss it with children under the best circumstances; it’s even more difficult when they are hungry. Two ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those problems, and the National Science Foundation…
Read More »Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì
July 25, 2019
Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research…
Read More »Understanding What Makes Captive Gorilla Hearts Tick
June 27, 2019
Mary Ann Raghanti, Ph.D., anthropology professor and chair in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University, is involved in a collaborative research project to examine heart disease in gorillas.
Read More »Neil Cooper: Study of Peace and Conflict Builds More Secure World
April 9, 2019
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s inaugural director of the new School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Neil Cooper, Ph.D., said as the university builds toward the 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970, and the 50th anniversary of the school, he is looking forward to working with colleagues on…
Read More »ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Geography Professor Elected President of American Association of Geographers
April 2, 2019
David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United…
Read More »Exciting Future Predicted for Brain Health Research Institute
Feb. 27, 2019
With great hope and expectations for the future of brain health research at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University, President Beverly J. Warren introduced Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., as the inaugural director of the university’s Brain Health Research Institute on Feb. 25.
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