College of Arts and Sciences
Race, Stress and its Impact on Infant Mortality Among Black Infants
Ideastream® talks with 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University Psychology Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress in black women and ways to reduce the stress before it affects pregnancy.
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Establishes New School of Peace and Conflict Studies
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month.
Acting too White: 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Psychologist Explains How the Accusation Causes Anxiety
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Professor Angela Neal-Barnett shares her Acting White Accusation research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org.
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Receives Multiple Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants From NSF
Several 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected to receive Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). REU grants are designed to provide faculty with funding to create research positions and experie…91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Researchers Help Find Pathologic Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease in Aged Chimpanzee Brains
Dementia affects one-third of all people older than 65 years in the United States. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive, irreversible brain disease that results in impaired cognitive functioning and other behavioral changes. Humans are considered uniquely susc…
The Missing Link Between College Renters and Landlords
A 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Professor Earns Main Street Kent's Volunteer of the Year Award
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., was honored with the Volunteer of the Year award by Main Street Kent during the organization’s annual awards celebration. Main Street Kent is a nonprofit organization focused on the revitalization of downtown Kent and is an affili…
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ 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 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
Wick Poetry Center to Benefit From Ford Foundation's $200,000 Grant to the Poetry Coalition
The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the founding members of th…