College of Sciences and Humanities
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Student Liz Schmidt Writes Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 …
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Student Liz Schmidt Writes Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 …
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University’s Diversity Awards
Molly Merryman, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University associate professor of sociology and founding director of the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Women’s Center, has been awarded the university’s 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State who have …
Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University 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, …
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University researchers in the College of A…
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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…
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Hosts Groundbreaking for New Integrated Sciences Building
The groundbreaking for Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’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, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s College of Arts and Sciences hosted a showcase of science and technology demonstrations, along with…
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University hosted a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, in the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Student Center Kiva on the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Campus. The event kicked off a yearlong celebration that will culminate w…
