College of Sciences and Humanities
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Student Liz Schmidt Writes Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Compassion to End Injustice, Takes Top Honors
When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: “foster relationships and value people …
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Student Liz Schmidt Writes Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Compassion to End Injustice, Takes Top Honors
When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: “foster relationships and value people …
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University’s Diversity Awards
Molly Merryman, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ associate professor of sociology and founding director of the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Women’s Center, has been awarded the university’s 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State who have …
Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Researchers Say
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine. They can curl up, bend, twist, wrinkle and stretch when exposed to light, heat, gases and other…
Bioretention Cells Reduce Total Runoff by 40 Percent in Study
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ and Cleveland Metroparks partnered on study of two Parma neighborhoods near West Creek Reservation Rain barrels, rain gardens, and bioretention cells are increasingly used as green infrastructure to capture and slow storm water runoff before it gets to nearby urban waterways, …
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Researchers Receive National Science Foundation Grant to Discover Why Some Messages Go Viral
We have all seen them explode on social media. They are the posts that feature the outlandish, the cute and the funny messages that go viral. But how does one message catch on and others do not? It is a question that Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ researchers in the College of A…
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Researchers Use Digital Devices to Dispense Medications Safely
Organizing prescription medications in a traditional pill dispenser is not effective enough when patients are taking up to 20 different drugs seven to nine times a day. Not taking the medication at the right time or taking too much results in 700,000 emergency room visits a year, 325,000 ho…
Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Ye Zhao Associate Professor of Computer Science College of Arts and Sciences 2006-present Ye Zhao is associate professor of computer science in the College of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on physically based simulation and visualization, natural phenomena model…
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Hosts Groundbreaking for New Integrated Sciences Building
The groundbreaking for Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’s new Integrated Sciences Building was held Oct. 2 from 2-5 p.m. The event was free and open to the public. Following the groundbreaking, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State’s College of Arts and Sciences hosted a showcase of science and technology demonstrations, along with…
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State’s Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate “50 Years of Innovationâ€
The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute® and the College of Arts and Sciences at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ hosted a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, in the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Student Center Kiva on the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Campus. The event kicked off a yearlong celebration that will culminate w…
