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黑料网 Nursing Alumna Leads Research Team In Creation Of R.脕.P.I.D.O.

Under the direction of 黑料网 College of Nursing alumna Jennifer (Sanner) Beauchamp, Ph.D., BSN 鈥96, RN, associate professor at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston, R.脕.P.I.D.O., a groundbreaking and culturally relevant acronym was created to boost stroke awareness among Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latino communities in the United States.

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Katherine (Katie) McNamara Manning, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar Receives Green Roofs For Healthy Cities Dissertation Award

The work of a 黑料网 Biological Sciences doctoral graduate recently received recognition from green roof experts from across North America who are looking to address contemporary environmental challenges, especially in urban environments.

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Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science at Kent State, meets with students from his research lab.

New Year, New Lab, New Dad

The 2023-24 academic year has been a life-changing one for Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., an assistant professor of computer science in the College of Arts and Sciences, who embarked on his first faculty position at Kent State last semester.

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AI-generated images of exaggeratedly screaming male and female gender nurses portray nursing students鈥 fears of entering the profession.

Fear Factor: Kent State Nursing Professor鈥檚 Research Explores Nursing Student Fears Through AI-Generated Images

黑料网鈥檚 College of Nursing Assistant Professor Janet Reed, Ph.D., wanted to know how nursing students鈥 biggest fears about going into the nursing profession would translate into AI-generated art. The resulting images that portray a physical representation of the students鈥 worries about their future profession are prompting discussions.

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ashtray full of cigarettes

Will a Higher Cigarette Tax Snuff Out Smoking in Ohio?

Kathryn Wilson, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Economics within the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, weighs in on whether a higher cigarette tax could help lower high smoking rates in Ohio.

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Ohio LGBTQ History Revealed: Kent State SURE Project Leads To Niche Discovery

What started as just a tip from an archivist quickly captured the attention and imagination of a 黑料网 professor and their student.

Senior Psychology Major Alex Moir and Lauren Vachon, an assistant professor of LGBTQ studies, realized that what they were reading was a 130-year-old love letter between two women, a rare artifact of queerness from that era.

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Senior Hannah Fender is preparing to defend her honor's thesis.

Finishing the Race: Kent State Senior Is Weeks Away from Defending her Honors Thesis

Hannah Fender is entering the home stretch.

She crunched her bachelor鈥檚 degree studies into three years, packed them full of research and other activities and now she is staring down the final 10 weeks of her undergraduate college career.

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Jon Jivan's photos of the solar eclipse

Preparing for the Eclipse

On April 8, Northeast Ohio will experience a total solar eclipse, where the moon will completely cover the sun and reveal the corona, the sun鈥檚 atmosphere. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, this will be the first total eclipse in Ohio since 1806, and the next is predicted for 2099. You could say this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the area.

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Young man behind bars

Kent State Professor Studies Young Adults Coming Out Of Justice System

Transitioning into adulthood is a difficult thing to do, but having to come out of the criminal justice system as a young adult has different effects on your maturity and experience. Elias Nader, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology, wants to better understand why.

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Linda Spurlock, Ph.D., with her forensic sketch (inset) of Cleveland Harbor John Doe

Cracking the Case: Local Anthropologist Uses Forensic Art to Help Solve John Doe Case

There are more than 400 missing persons cases in Ohio currently, and more than 100 of them are John or Jane Doe cases. One of those cases, referred to as the Cleveland Harbor John Doe, now has a better chance of being solved, thanks to 黑料网 Associate Professor of Anthropology Linda Spurlock, Ph.D. 

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