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Scott Sheridan, Yuko Kurahashi and Angela Neal-Barnett are the 2020 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Winners

2020 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Recipients

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ has announced the recipients of the 2020 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSA). Sponsored by the University Research Council and the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, this award honors ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s exceptional researchers and scholars.

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ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Recognizes New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Winners

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ has announced the recipients of the New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award. These awards recognize the hard work and dedication of faculty who have been at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ for 10 years or less and are sponsored by the University Research Council.

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ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Physics Professor Elected as 2020 Fellow of Prestigious Scientific Society

Jonathan V. Selinger, professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Department of Physics, in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

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Researching Wastewater as Part of Ohio’s COVID-19 Response

Since March, COVID-19 has become a widespread topic of conversation. Finding ways to explain what this virus is, how one can treat it and how to slow the spread of the virus are just a few commonly asked questions with few clear answers. Xiaozhen Mou, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and her research team recently received funding for their hard work as part of Ohio’s statewide collective effort to discover traces of COVID-19 virus particles in wastewater.

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Alcohol Consumption Increases During Pandemic

While it's no secret that many college students drink alcohol, how COVID-19 affected these behaviors and patterns is the focus of recent research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors by the collaboration of William Lechner from the Department of Psychological Sciences and Deric Kenne from the College of Public Health. The pair sought to study the effects that a major stressor such as the pandemic could have on addictive behaviors and how vulnerabilities such as anxiety and depression played a part in the coping process of college students. 

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‘Huh, what?’ Exploring Auditory Development in Teens and Young Adults

Julia Huyck, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Health Sciences at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ, was granted $431,000 over three years by the National Institute of Health (NIH) to delve into the unknown science concerning adolescent hearing and cognitive development.

 

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ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Professors Directly Link Social Media Use to Boredom

It would not be surprising if you have a social media app open right now; however, you may not be getting the enjoyment out of it that you think you are. In a recent publication in Computers in Human Behavior, two ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ professors examined the relationship between social media usage and boredom. Students may be surprised by the results and parents might be excited by them.

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New Funding Leads to New Full-Body Virtual Reality Lab

Two ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ sociology researchers are moving toward gaining insight into how people’s brains react in a variety of threatening situations using innovative virtual reality (VR) technology funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Army. Josh Pollock and William Kalkhoff, both in the Department of Sociology & Criminology, are leading the research projects, which will benefit the Army, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ students and others.

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Things Are Heating Up in Climate Change Research

Climate change can now be measured on a global scale using multiple weather variables, according to new research published by Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ.

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Dave Costello, Ph.D., (left), associate professor in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Devan Mathie (right), an undergraduate honors student, stand in Wahoo Ditch in Ravenna, Ohio.

Stream Ecologist receives $718,000 NSF CAREER Award to Study Trace Metals in Stream Algae

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s David Costello is passionate about identifying what trace metals lie within Northeast Ohio’s streams and what the effects of these metals are on the surrounding environment. Costello, an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, received a $718,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study these important trace metals. The grant is awarded as part of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program.

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