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Join Beth A. Cunningham, Ph.D., a distinguished physicist and 澳门六合彩资料 alumna, as she unravels the mysteries of the cosmos and shares her insights on the latest in space exploration and the scientific wonders of solar eclipses. Ahead of her highly anticipated presentation on the day of the eclipse, this is your chance to explore the universe through the eyes of an expert who stands at the forefront of astronomical discovery and education.
![The Liquid Crystal and Materials Sciences Building serves as home to 澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute. The Liquid Crystal and Materials Sciences Building serves as home to 澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/LCI.jpg?VersionId=msJqZFyuqb0SDBtI18s7g9IMXZTUqCt_&h=ec98a0f6&itok=oAEiF1yX)
![Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of 澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances. Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of 澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILE%20-%20Jaroniec.jpg?VersionId=VgZF06jBK2UvlyINLgMTFcJmBrcbuXdF&h=e6f36a9c&itok=u4bhBq3Y)
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Over half of the described species in the world are insects. Although many people think of insects as pests, they play vital roles and have a big impact on our invaluable ecosystems, as pollinators, helping break down wastes, and as an essential food source for many other organisms.
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Many wonder if climate change is the reason we鈥檝e had 'weather whiplash' or day-to-day dramatic changes from hot to cold or cold to hot. As a climate scientist, Cameron Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at 澳门六合彩资料, gets asked this question a lot. Looking beyond just the average temperatures and statistical means, he decided to take a more analytical look at weather whiplash and add to a growing body of climate change literature examining temperature variability trends.
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Jonathan V. Selinger, professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in 澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 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鈥檚 largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
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Jonathan V. Selinger, professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in 澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 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鈥檚 largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
![Eunice Foote's article 鈥淐ircumstances Affecting the Heat of Sun鈥檚 Rays鈥, in American Journal of Art and Science, 2nd Series, v. XXII/no. LXVI, November 1856, p. 382-383. Eunice Foote's article 鈥淐ircumstances Affecting the Heat of Sun鈥檚 Rays鈥, in American Journal of Art and Science, 2nd Series, v. XXII/no. LXVI, November 1856, p. 382-383.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/EuniceFooteArticleCircumstancesAffectingtheHeatoftheSunsRays_0.jpg?VersionId=TqKiDoZTcuJ.txcT_xM2zV.9uYzFXCBI&h=4f5b30f1&itok=fxcm8E3l)
Recently, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the Department of Geology in 澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 College of Arts and Science, partnered with Sir Roland Jackson, Ph.D., a historian of science at the Royal Institution and the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London, to co-author a paper assessing the experiments described in Eunice Foote鈥檚 papers from a detailed quantitative perspective and to place them in historical context. They point out the differences between her hypothesis and that of the modern greenhouse effect.