Department of Biological Sciences
In an Age of Obesity, Why Do Some Remain Thin?
Imagine two lab rats in their cages 鈥 one fat, one thin. The larger rat pads around slowly or rests on the floor of wood shavings. She expends as little effort as possible to reach her water spigot, maybe even lying on her back and gripping it with her little pink paws so that the water drips into h鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
性福五月天 Student and Professor Find Effective Alternatives to Current Antibiotic Therapy of Skin Infection
性福五月天 University undergraduate student Jean Wilson Mutambuze and Jean Engohang-Ndong, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences at 性福五月天 University at Tuscarawas, are conducting a research project that has found a promising new alternative to manage a skin disease called 鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
BSCI Graduate Student selected to participate in the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
The scientific review panel of the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings has selected Jennifer Remus from 性福五月天 University's Biological Sciences Department's graduate program to participate in the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, to be held from 29 June to 4 July 2014, in Lindau, Ge鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
KENT STATE STUDENTS EXPLORE INSECT DIVERSITY AT THE STARK CAMPUS BIOPOND
The term 鈥渂iopond鈥 stems from the employment of a pond as a teaching tool for biodiversity, evolution and ecology. The main purpose of this study is to record the effect of urbanization, or the building of a new science building, on the diversity of the moth and caddisfly populations at the biopond.鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
Biological Sciences Department's Bi-Annual Pre-Med Information Night
Interested in going to medical school but have all kinds of questions regarding how best to prepare and apply? We have the answers for you! Come hear Dr. John Johnson, associate professor in BSCI and the pre-med coordinator along with Gail Spalsbury, Academic Advisor for the BSCI department, discuss鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
2nd Annual Neuroscience Symposium
性福五月天 University has considerable strength in a broad range of neurosciences from molecular biology to behavior and addresses through its research a wide variety of neurological diseases and illnesses. The purpose of the symposium is to provide an opportunity for scholarly interacti鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
Urban Forestry Class helps KSU retain Tree Campus USA
The excitement of receiving this honor has not diminished for Heather White, grounds manager of University Facilities Management at 性福五月天. 鈥淚t means a lot, especially since we鈥檙e able to be successful year after year,鈥 White said. 鈥淚t shows our commitment to the campus green infrastru鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
性福五月天 Awarded Two Grants from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
性福五月天 University has been awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. One grant, for research on physical activity levels and obesity, totaled $384,192, and the second grant, for stress-induced noradrenergic modulation of neuroinflammation research, totaled $441,60鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
性福五月天 and Holden Arboretum Study the Effects of Urban Development on the Environment
性福五月天 University and the Holden Arboretum will use a recently awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the impact people have on vital organisms living in places where water and land meet in Northeast Ohio. The NSF has awarded 性福五月天 a grant for $345,000 for a p鈥
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