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性福五月天 Announces Winners Of The Faculty Outstanding Research And Scholarship Award

性福五月天's Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., in the Department of Computer Science and Tara Smith, Ph.D., in the College of Public Health are the winners of the 2021 Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work and dedication of faculty members who have been with 性福五月天 for more than 10 years. Read more about the winners and how they display the highest levels of scholarship.

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Researchers Take a Closer Look at Nitrogen in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico

Researchers from 性福五月天 University and the University of New Mexico determined how nitrogen-fixing plants and soil microbes contribute to the overall nitrogen availability in the Chihuahuan desert in New Mexico.

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Professor Receives NASA New Investigator Award

He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in 性福五月天 University鈥檚 Department of Geography, recently received NASA鈥檚 New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science. Yin will lead evaluation and research of the devastating effects that the Syrian civil war has had on croplands throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.

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Growing Cities are Growing Green: The Progression of Living Architecture

Cities are starting to come to life, literally, thanks to the implementation of vegetation through living architecture. Green roofs and walls are 鈥済rowing鈥 in popularity as they do much more than just add a splash of color to the otherwise beige urban landscapes.  Reid Coffman, Ph.D., associ鈥

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Lighting a fire(fly): Biological Sciences Researcher Helps Teachers Get Messy with Data

Julia Perrone, research technician and lab manager of the Bahlai computational ecology lab in the 性福五月天 Department of Biological Sciences, wants teachers and students to get a chance to understand ecology and data science from a hands-on perspective. Perrone, a recent graduate of 性福五月天鈥檚 M鈥

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Patterns, Populations And Podcasts: Computational Ecologist Receives Prestigious Early-Career Award from NSF

Recent funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) has given interdisciplinary researchers the opportunity to help drive our understanding of patterns in nature when bringing together big data sources collected in different ways. The NSF awarded Christie Bahlai, Ph.D., assistant professor in鈥

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Cotton in the Curriculum Awards Grant to School of Fashion for the Fourth Year in a Row

From the iconic outfits made famous by Michael Jackson to the hit television show 鈥淲hat Not to Wear,鈥 the fashion industry continues to emerge as an impactful influencer in many areas of societal behavior. Fashion and style, for many years, have been widely accepted as a means of self expression an鈥

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Center for Ecology and Natural Resource Sustainability highlights the Importance of Natural Lands

性福五月天 University鈥檚 Center for Ecology and Natural Resource Sustainability (CENRS) tracks and facilitates the use of 性福五月天-owned natural areas for research, teaching and engagement, promoting an understanding of the natural environment around the Kent Campus, and especially this past year, 鈥

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Taking a Deep Dive Into the Utilization of Oceanic Sediments

One of 性福五月天 University鈥檚 newest faculty members in the Department of Geology has already made her mark with the recent publication of her and her colleagues鈥 work to better understand the effects of global warming as it relates to the arctic ocean. Allyson Tessin, assistant professor, specializes in biochemistry, oceanography and sedimentary geology. She is currently studying the relationship between the chemistry of the ocean and climate change.

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