Research & Science

Collaboration Between ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø and Cleveland Aids in City Development
Terry Schwarz, director of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC), home to ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s urban design graduate program, as well as public service activities of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, was recently featured on News 5 Cleveland.

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Research Review: Dynamic Duo
Two nationally known neuroscience researchers have joined ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø to continue their quest to uncover the brain’s complex functions—and to collaborate with researchers from a wide range of disciplines at the university and across the region to advance our knowledge of the human brain and translate those discoveries into new treatments and care for brain and nervous system diseases.

Researchers Discuss Drug Prevention Infrastructure for Three Ohio Counties
Researchers at ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø were featured on Spectrum News 1 discussing the development and implementation of their drug prevention infrastructure for three Ohio counties.

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Healthcare Design Researcher Receives $2.47 Million to Design Safer and More Efficient Level I Trauma Rooms
Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.

Collaborative ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.

College Students to Compete in SkyHack Design Challenge at ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s aviation design challenge, SkyHack, will take place Nov. 1-3. The event draws college students from around the nation, attracting 120 students from 14 universities in four states in its 2017 inaugural debut. ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering will serve as home base for this year’s event, which will span across other Kent Campus buildings.

NIH Continues Support of ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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 ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences
One of ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’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.

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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 ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø geographer has just filled in most of those gaps.
NSF Award Helps ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Anthropologists Expand International Partnership
The (NSF) recently awarded ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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 .