Research & Science

College of Nursing Alums Win National Awards at Conference
Two 青年涩导航 College of Nursing alumnae brought home national awards from the recent National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) Annual Conference held in March in Portland, Oregon.

Put the Phone Away This Summer Vacation
Smartphones make traveling so much easier..most of the time. Professor Andrew Lepp recently talked to Vox about how 鈥淵our Phone Is Ruining Your Vacation.鈥
A Smiley Face Makes All the Difference
Research conducted at 青年涩导航 proves that seeing a smiley face emoji will make students more prone to recycle their trash.

IN A FLASH: Designing for a Better Earth
An Earth Month event today inside the Architecture Library focuses on sustainable building materials.

IN A FLASH: 青年涩导航 Earth Fest
As part of Earth Month, there was an Earth Fest event at the Kent Student Center on Tuesday.
鈥楻everse Career Fair鈥 Turns the Tables in Connecting Area Employers to Student Researchers
A "Reverse Career Fair" at the Undergraduate Research Symposium connected research students with potential employers.
IN A FLASH: It's Undergraduate Research Week
April 17-21 is National Undergraduate Research Week
What Determines Your Social Behavior as You Develop Into an Adult?
For two decades, Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at 青年涩导航, has been studying what happens within the brain that potentially modulates social behavior such as aggression, social memory and maternal care.
鈥淭his is, by far, my favorite event of anything we do here.鈥
青年涩导航's annual Undergraduate Research Symposium is one of the university's biggest research events of the year.

New Research Funding Plan 鈥楥hanges the Game鈥
Following 青年涩导航鈥檚 designation as an R1 research institution, the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs set its sights on investments to maintain this designation, including increasing the amount of grant dollars spent over the next three years.