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NSF Grant Supports Kent State Researchers' Plan to Help Students Improve Study Habits

      The 鈥淐鈥 in 鈥渃ollege鈥 might as well stand for 鈥渃ramming.鈥濃嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧 鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧 Studies show students are notoriously bad at adopting and adhering consistently to high-impact study habits that help them retain knowledge long-term. Researchers and faculty at Kent State Un鈥

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Psychological Sciences , Science of Learning & Education Center , National Science Foundation , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Department of Biological Sciences , Department of Physics , Brain Health Research Institute

Science of Learning & Education Center

Students studying in a classroom

NSF Grant Supports Kent State Researchers鈥 Plan to Help Students Improve Study Habits

The 鈥淐鈥 in 鈥渃ollege鈥 might as well stand for 鈥渃ramming.鈥
Studies show students are notoriously bad at adopting and adhering consistently to high-impact study habits that help them retain knowledge long-term.
Researchers and faculty at Kent State University, however, are collaborating on a new project to put a modern technological twist on a tried-and-true study tactic.

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Psychological Sciences , Science of Learning & Education Center , National Science Foundation , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Department of Biological Sciences , Department of Physics , Brain Health Research Institute

Division of Research & Economic Development

Robin Selinger Elected to APS Board of Directors

On Nov. 15, Physics Professor Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University was elected to the American Physical Society (APS) Board of Directors. Her three-year term begins on Jan. 1, 2020. The Am鈥

Tags: Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Physics

Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Robin Selinger Elected to APS Board of Directors

On Nov. 15, Physics Professor Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University was elected to the American Physical Society (APS) Board of Directors. Her three-year term begins on Jan. 1, 2020. The Am鈥

Tags: Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Physics

College of Arts & Sciences

Kent State Physicist Joins Inter-Institutional Research Project to Study Light-Driven Materials

Kent State University continues to march in the vanguard of technological advancement. A KSU researcher has joined a cutting-edge collaborative study into light-driven materials.鈥═he technology has the potential to replace electric motors unilaterally. The Office of Naval Research awarded a&nbs鈥

Tags: Department of Physics , Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Division of Research & Economic Development

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 Kent State University doctoral student Greta Babakhanova, how about a little dessert?

Tags: Research & Science , Student Life , Graduate Studies , College of Arts and Sciences , Chemical Physics , Department of Physics

College of Arts & Sciences

Dr. Veronica Dexheimer, an assistant professor of physics in Kent State鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, recently received a five-year $425,000 Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Kent State Astrophysicist Wins NSF Grant to Search for Exotic Matter in Neutron Stars

Kent State University鈥檚 only theoretical astrophysicist just landed a grant that will help her to better understand dense stars while encouraging young female scientists to reach for them. Dr. Veronica Dexheimer, an assistant professor of physics in Kent State鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, rece鈥

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Physics , College of Arts and Sciences

Division of Research & Economic Development

Dr. Hamza Balci, Associate Professor of Physics at Kent State, works with microscopy equipment in his lab.

Kent State Researcher Wins NIH Grant to Fight Cancer at a Molecular Level

Single molecule biophysics sounds complicated because it is. Then again, so is cancer.
So it makes sense that one of Kent State University's molecular biophysicists would take on the most notorious challenge in medical science.

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Physics , Health , College of Arts and Sciences

Division of Research & Economic Development

Kent State Researchers Take New Approach with OLEDs

Organic light-emitting diode technologies (OLEDs), a key technological feature in the display of many models of mobile phones and televisions already provide great image quality and high-resolution. But are they as efficient as they can be? Inspired by methods used in liquid-crystal technology, Kent鈥

Tags: Science , Faculty Research , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Department of Physics

College of Arts & Sciences

Magnetic Field Affects Liquid Crystals in Unexpected Ways

A group of researchers in Kent State University's College of Arts and Sciences have published a breakthrough article on new properties of liquid crystals in the May 27 issue of Physical Review Letters. The article, which describes some recent surprising results involving nematic liquid crystals鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Research and Sponsored Programs , Department of Physics , Research , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

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