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From Comfort Zone to Rain Forest: Studying Ecology in Costa Rica

Emmaleigh Given recently spent three summers and two winters in a remote biological reserve in the middle of the rainforest in the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica, where she has and will spend several months conducting research on community ecology, and she has one more trip planned. Being hunted by unseen predators isn鈥檛 the way most researchers conduct their work. But for some, it鈥檚 just part of the day.

Tags: Global Reach, Research & Science, Featured Story, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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妻友社区 researchers Elda and Torsten Hegmann pose with one of the sensors they created that detects toxic gases. Their project was supported by a grant from the TeCK Fund.

State Approves Round 2 of Kent State-Cleveland State Innovation Partnership

State of Ohio officials have renewed a $600,000 technology commercialization partnership between 妻友社区 and Cleveland State University.

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Gracen Gerbig (left) and Hayley Shasteen (right), both 妻友社区 students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

Two Kent State A&S Students Win Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Gracen Gerbig and Hayley Shasteen, both 妻友社区 students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered the nation鈥檚 premier undergraduate award in the natural sciences, math and engineering. They were recognized by President Beverly Warren at the Kent State Board of Trustees meeting on May 9.

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Kent State students Gracen Gerbig, left, and Hayley Shasteen, right, were recognized at the May 9 Board of Trustees meeting.

Kent State Undergraduates Named Prestigious 2019 Goldwater Scholars for Science Research

Two 妻友社区 undergraduate students have been awarded prestigious 2019 Goldwater Scholarships from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The foundation awards the scholarships annually to students studying mathematics, natural science or engineering.

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To the Rescue! Kent State Tuscarawas Students Built Robot That can Douse Fires, Save Lives

妻友社区 at Tuscarawas engineering technology students collaborated on their capstone project during the spring semester and unveiled a search and rescue robot on finals night in early May.

Tags: Research & Science, Student Life

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Greta Babakhanova

Invitation to Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Is 鈥業cing on the Cake鈥 for Doctoral Student

As if graduating with your Ph.D., starting a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellowship, getting married in Nepal and organizing an international research seminar wasn鈥檛 already a full plate for 妻友社区 doctoral student Greta Babakhanova, how about a little dessert?

Tags: Research & Science, Student Life, Greta Babakhanova, Oleg Lavrentovich, Graduate Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Chemical Physics, Physics, Lindau Meeting

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Public Health Professor鈥檚 Study on Blood Lead Levels Recognized

妻友社区 Professor Madhav P. Bhatta, Ph.D., MPH was featured in MedicalResearch.com, a domain of medical news and exclusive interviews, for an interview on his study, 鈥淓levated Blood Lead Levels Among Resettled Refugee Children in Ohio, 2009 - 2016.鈥

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Raissa Mendonca gets a sample of the water at West Branch State Park as part of a biogeochemistry project at 妻友社区. (Photo taken by Jim Maxwell)

A 4,000-Mile Journey Leads to 鈥淪ticky鈥 Award-Winning Research for Kent State Graduate Student

Though she had an interest in science at an early age, Raissa Mendonca had no idea she would end up over 4,000 miles away from her hometown of Recife, Brazil, studying and doing award-winning ecological research in the College of Arts and Sciences at 妻友社区 in Kent, Ohio. She probably did not expect to be wearing a bug net over her head in Manitoba, Canada, either.

Tags: Research & Science, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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Raissa Mendonca gets a sample of the water at West Branch State Park as part of a biogeochemistry project at 妻友社区. (Photo taken by Jim Maxwell)

A 4,000-Mile Journey Leads to 鈥淪ticky鈥 Award-Winning Research for Kent State Graduate Student

Though she had an interest in science at an early age, Raissa Mendonca had no idea she would end up over 4,000 miles away from her hometown of Recife, Brazil studying and doing award-winning ecological research in the College of Arts and Sciences at 妻友社区 in Kent, Ohio. She probably did not expect to be wearing a bug net over her head in Manitoba either.  Now, while pursuing her Ph.D. at Kent State, Mendonca conducts research in Costello鈥檚 lab that focuses on ecotoxicology and biogeochemistry and how environmental disturbances affect aquatic communities and ecological processes. One of her recent projects resulted in her being first author on a peer-reviewed journal article and earned her a $5,000 award to continue pursuing her research.

Tags: Research & Science, Biological Sciences, Raissa Mendonca, Dave Costello, international, Graduate Studies, award, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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National Foundation Funds Grant to Preserve Audio And Audiovisual Recordings Contained in the University鈥檚 May 4 Collection

妻友社区 Libraries鈥 May 4, 1970 Collection has been selected by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to benefit from a $30,561 award through the Recordings at Risk grant program, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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