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Research & Science

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Custodial grandparents and their grandchildren are a unique and little-understood population as are the physical and social health challenges they face. Gregory Smith, EdD, professor and director of the Human Development Center in the School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, has designed a program that could help assess the well-being of such families and provide resources to help them thrive.

The Spark Innovation Studio is one of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s DI Node resources

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ broke ground in April on the Design Innovation Hub, a $44.5-million renovation of the former Art Building on the Kent Campus. J.R. Campbell, MFA, appointed last year as the inaugural director of the Design Innovation (DI) Initiative, recently discussed how it fits into °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s broader research and innovation goals.

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Urban Design Collaborative Director Terry Schwarz

Terry Schwarz, director of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC), home to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s urban design graduate program, as well as public service activities of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, was recently featured on News 5 Cleveland.

Michael Lehman, Ph.D., and Lique Coolen, Ph.D.

Two nationally known neuroscience researchers have joined °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ to continue their quest to uncover the brain’s complex functions—and to collaborate with researchers from a wide range of disciplines at the university and across the region to advance our knowledge of the human brain and translate those discoveries into new treatments and care for brain and nervous system diseases.

Deric Kenne, Ph.D., Discusses Their Drug Prevention Infrastructure on Spectrum News 1

Researchers at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ were featured on Spectrum News 1 discussing the development and implementation of their drug prevention infrastructure for three Ohio counties.

Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D., serves as coordinator and Elliot Professor in the Healthcare Design Program in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's College of Architecture and Environmental Design.

Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.

Photo of Deric Kenne and Ruoming Jin

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.

Students pose for a photo while presenting their project during SkyHack, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s aviation design challenge.

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s aviation design challenge, SkyHack, will take place Nov. 1-3. The event draws college students from around the nation, attracting 120 students from 14 universities in four states in its 2017 inaugural debut. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering will serve as home base for this year’s event, which will span across other Kent Campus buildings.

Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D. (right), professor of biological sciences at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, works with a student in her lab.

Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., has been elected to the prestigious European Academy of Sciences.

One of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that has about 660 members from 45 nations, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners.