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91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Student Wins Talent Show for Singing in Sign

A North Royalton woman whom who will become a 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University student in the fall, won first place at the Medina County Fair talent show for performing a song in American Sign Language.

NSF Awards 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ 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 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ 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.

Alumna Reconnects to Passion of Nursing While Volunteering in Africa

91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ alumna Shannon Gardiner, BSN ’09, RN, CCRN, always knew she wanted to help people, but also longed for a career that would provide flexibility along the way. After a few years working in Akron Children’s Hospital’s pediatric Intensive Care Unit, followed by some time as a traveling nurse, a Google search for volunteer opportunities led her to Mercy Ships, who own and operate the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world.

91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Prepares LeBron James Family Foundation I PROMISE Students for College Entrance Exams

91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University hosted several dozen high school students from the LeBron James Family Foundation's I PROMISE program for a month of intensive college entrance exam preparation.
 

NSF Awards 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Researcher Nearly $1 Million for Separate Liquid Crystal Studies

Trustees Research Professor Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., a chemical physicist in 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ 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.

91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Insurance Expert Explains the Risks of Not Enough Coverage

Charla Martin-Bloodsaw, director of 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University's Insurance Studies Program at the Salem Campus, explains the risks of condo dwellers not having enough coverage. 

91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Biological Sciences Researchers to Lead Study on the Effects of the Spreading Eastern Red Cedars

The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree species (Juniperus virginiana), spreads across the landscape.

91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ School of Music welcomes alumna Kate Ferguson as Interim Director of Athletic Bands

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Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ

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 with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.

Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ

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 with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.

Educators Summit Kicks Off Yearlong 50th Commemoration of May 4, 1970, at 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ

Student activism and giving voice to students will be the topics of two keynote speakers who are headlining the upcoming 2019 Educators Summit at 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University titled â€œMay 4, 1970 Then & Now: Voices for Change."