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Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D. (right), professor of biological sciences at 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ University, works with a student in her lab.

NIH Continues Support of 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant

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 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ University’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.

Tags: Research & Science, Brain Health Research Institute, College of Arts and Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

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91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ University Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., has been elected to the prestigious European Academy of Sciences.

91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences

One of 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ University’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµâ€™s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that has about 660 members from 45 nations, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners.

Tags: Research & Science, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

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An image of the globe over North America, showing increased warm weather in a yellow-to-red scale

91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Geographer Describes Novel Weather-Typing Model in New Paper

Research into the air masses that drive changes in our day-to-day weather has been limited by land-based and regional studies, leaving wide gaps in our understanding of these impactful phenomena. A new paper by a 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ University geographer has just filled in most of those gaps.

Tags: Research & Science, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, weather, climate change

Division of Research & Economic Development

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NSF Award Helps 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Anthropologists Expand International Partnership

The (NSF) recently awarded 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .

Tags: Research & Science, Global Reach

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91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Magazine: Brainstorming

Cross-departmental collaborations are what Michael Lehman, the inaugural director of 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ University’s Brain Health Research Institute, envisions for the future. His goal is to unite researchers from a wide range of disciplines at 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ and throughout Northeast Ohio to explore, expand and advance our knowledge of the human brain and how it functions.

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91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Professor Weighs in on New Research Regarding Burnout

Researchers from the University of Washington and Washington University, along with other collaborators, are seeking answers to those questions. They studied the brains of mice to identify what causes them to stop seeking a reward — in essence, what makes them burn out.

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91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ geology undergraduate student Nicolle Di Domenico positions an ASD Field Spec HH2Pro spectroradiometer over the side of the commercial fishing vessel Reel Deal, the research platform at the Toledo Harbor Lighthouse.

New Methodologies Developed in 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Geology Professor's Lab Improve Monitoring of Lakes and Oceans

After years of remote sensing work, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ University, and his research team recently shared their development of new cost-efficient methodologies that may lead to much safer drinking water for people in Ohio and other municipalities affected by harmful algal blooms (HAB).

Tags: Research & Science, Department of Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute, Lake Erie

College of Arts & Sciences

A woman sits at a table with small children eating healthy food.

NIH Funds 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Psychologist’s Project to Teach Children Food Allergy Safety Skills

A 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ 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.

Tags: Health, Research & Science, Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Brain Health Research Institute

Division of Research & Economic Development

A man in a chef's hat shows young children how to make food.

NSF Awards 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Researchers $1.3 Million to Nourish Children’s Minds, Fill Their Bellies

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 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ University researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those problems, and the National Science Foundation just awarded them a three-year, $1.3 million grant to determine if their recipe works.

Tags: Research & Science, Health, National Science Foundation, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, College of Education, Health and Human Services, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychological Sciences, Science of Learning and Education Center

Division of Research & Economic Development

Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D. (second from left), works in a microscopy lab with a colleague and 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ students.

NSF Awards 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ Researcher Nearly $1 Million for Separate Liquid Crystal Studies

Trustees Research Professor Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., a chemical physicist in 91Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), just received nearly $1 million between two grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for separate studies with potential applications in biomedical science, commercial electronics and beyond.

Tags: Research & Science, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, National Science Foundation

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