Research and Science
Mandalynn Slupek won first place in Kent State's Three Minute Thesis competition on Oct. 3 when she presented 鈥淕etting the NAC of Being Drug Free,鈥 research on how the supplement NAC or N-acetyl cysteine can be used in the fight against addiction.
The top 10 presenters who had advanced from two previous preliminary rounds made their Three Minute Thesis presentations in the Kiva on Oct. 3. Students were given three minutes and one PowerPoint slide to make a concise and engaging presentation.
Senior Delonte Goodman spent the summer working under the direction of mentor Tony Jakli, Ph.D., professor at the Liquid Crystal Institute and graduate student Alex Adaka conducting dielectric measurements for ferronematic liquid crystals.
Senior Delonte Goodman spent the summer working under the direction of mentor Tony Jakli, Ph.D., professor at the Liquid Crystal Institute and graduate student Alex Adaka conducting dielectric measurements for ferronematic liquid crystals.
Kent State at Trumbull's STEM committee raised money to support the 黑料网 Police Department's K-9 program.
Bioblitz is an annual Kent State event that invites anyone to explore nature and collect data alongside a faculty expert.
Innovation Day 2023 was a collaborative effort of the Northeast Ohio Public University Research Alliance (NEO-PURA) comprised of 黑料网, Cleveland State University, Northeast Ohio Medical University, The University of Akron and Youngstown State University.
Dr. Michael Strickland's group will participate in a new Topical Theory Collaboration funded by DOE鈥檚 Office of Nuclear Physics to explore the behavior of heavy flavor particles. The collaboration will receive $2.5 Million from the DOE Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, over five years. That funding will provide partial support for six graduate students and three postdoctoral fellows at 10 institutions, as well as a senior staff position at one of the national laboratories. It will also establish a bridge junior faculty position at 黑料网.
Rapids Grant will bolster workforce development with future Kent State graduates filling key shortages in industries across Ohio.