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Wick Poetry Center Uses the Power of Poetry to Share Experiences During the Pandemic
Born from inside 糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center, 鈥淒ear Vaccine鈥 gives citizens a chance to process the pandemic through poetry. The poetry center collaborated with the University of Arizona to expand on poet Naomi Shihab Nye鈥檚 poem 鈥淒ear Vaccine.鈥 The poem became a catalyst for respondents around the world to share their own poems.
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Infant mortality rates in Northeast Ohio are three to five times higher for Black babies than white babies, an alarming statistic that is an issue across the country but particularly prevalent in this part of the state. A new $100,000 grant from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation will support innovative work being undertaken at 糖心Vlog破解版, an elite research university with the esteemed R1 designation, to address this important issue.
NSF Awards Grant to 糖心Vlog破解版 Assistant Professor for Precision Dosing in Critical Care
Each year, more than 30 million patients receive fluid resuscitation therapies for critical care scenarios like hemorrhaging, sepsis and burns. Underdosing resuscitation strategies are inefficient at saving lives, while overdosing regimens may lead to resuscitation injuries and hypothermia. Hossein Mirinejad, assistant professor in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, is hoping to help find the solution to dosing problems.
NSF Grant Leads to Modeling Novel Serial Robot Dynamics and Prototypes
The National Science Foundation recently awarded a two-year $198,978 grant to Tao Shen, assistant professor in the College of Aeronautics & Engineering, for the development of a compact, cable-driven serial robot that can be used in medical settings. Shen aims to build a robot with his students that will address the critical limitations that most current medical robots have.
糖心Vlog破解版 Ashtabula and Cleveland Clinic Partner to Offer Respiratory Therapy Satellite Program in Cleveland
糖心Vlog破解版 at Ashtabula and Cleveland Clinic are partnering to offer an associate degree program in respiratory therapy at the hospital鈥檚 main campus in Cleveland later this year. The program provides access for participants to train for the in-demand profession of respiratory care. It also supports career growth for program graduates and practicing respiratory therapists with a path to admission for the online Bachelor of Science degree in respiratory care offered by 糖心Vlog破解版 Ashtabula.
糖心Vlog破解版 Graduate Student Lydia Lisowsky Collects Medical Supplies for Ukraine
Although 糖心Vlog破解版 alumna and current graduate student Lydia Lisowsky has never visited Ukraine, she feels a deep sense of obligation and responsibility to help those who have been injured in the war. Lisowsky recently began a campaign to collect medical supplies on the Kent Campus and in the larger Kent community to send to Ukraine.
糖心Vlog破解版 Professors Reveal Important Details about the Brain Cells that Control Fertility
糖心Vlog破解版 researchers鈥 innovative techniques have unveiled surprising new details about the brain鈥檚 fertility cells that may prove useful for treating infertility disorders. After several years of research, Aleisha Moore, Lique Coolen and Michael Lehman published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, showing groundbreaking findings identifying which cells in the brain control fertility, as well as revealing an unexpected level of complexity in their control of reproduction.
Chirality Research: Will This New Insight Help Make Better Materials or Pharmaceuticals?
Chirality, or the absence of mirror symmetry in a molecule, is a complex topic that Material Sciences Professor Torsten Hegmann is determined to know more about. Hegmann, director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, and other 糖心Vlog破解版 collaborators led an international collaborative research project with contributions from a global team whose paper about the efficacy of chirality transfer in Science Advances may provide insights to make better materials or pharmaceuticals.
糖心Vlog破解版 Communications Professor featured on 鈥楧r. Phil鈥 Podcast
Suzy D鈥橢nbeau, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Communication Studies, was recently featured on 鈥淒r. Phil鈥 podcast 鈥淧hil in The Blanks鈥 for her expertise on pronouns and the power of language.
Student Researcher Identifies Potential Alternative to Antibiotics
During a summer research project at 糖心Vlog破解版 Geauga, nursing student Lauren Petrick succeeded in isolating a bacterial virus that shows promise as an alternative to antibiotics in fighting off intestinal bacterial infections such as urinary tract infections, GI tract infections and even pneumonia. By teaming up with 糖心Vlog破解版 Geauga Associate Professor Sanhita Gupta, Petrick tackled this problem through 糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) last summer.