Research & Science
Teacher Retention Rates and Resilience: Professors Receive NSF Grant
Resilience is the ability to adapt to new situations and ever changing environments and resilient individuals more easily navigate professional and personal uncertainties. Researchers Shannon Navy and Lisa Borgerding understand the importance of an adaptable mindset and work to discern the factors that progressively impact one’s ability to maintain their role as an educator. A $1,000,000 grant from the National Science Foundation allows a new project to focus on identifying and describing the development of resilience among new teachers, which can inform education and professional learning programs.
29 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ State Faculty Members Named in Top 2% of Scientists in Fields Worldwide
The report, published in the PLOS Biology journal, evaluated more than six million scientists across 22 different fields and 176 sub-fields from 1996 until 2019. The top 2% list is made up of more than 100,000 most-cited scientists who have authored at least five scientific papers.
Professor Publishes Research About Stress, Newsroom Support During COVID-19
“You can’t expect journalists to do this type of hurdling long-term without holistic support that includes logistical elements," claims Assistant Professor and TV2 advisor Gretchen Hoak, "but also mental and emotional support."
Communication Studies Faculty Honored at State Conference
Two Communication Studies faculty members were honored at the Ohio Communication Association's 2021 Conference, "Resilience Through Communication," Oct. 1-2, 2021, at Youngstown State University. This was the Association's 85th annual conference. Professor Nichole Egbert, Ph.D., earned the D…
New Collaboration to Provide Real-Time Data Exchanges for Astrophysicists
What happens when two neutron stars collide? What extreme densities and temperatures are reached? What new states of matter exist within the core of a neutron star? One ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ State College of Arts and Sciences theoretical astrophysicist, Veronica Dexheimer, associate professor in the Department of Physics, is diving headfirst into these questions as a co-principal investigator collaborating with her peers at multiple institutions on a recently funded cyberinfrastructure research grant project.
Quality of Life: Researchers Exploring Treatments for Spinal Cord Injured Patients
A research group in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ is searching for potential treatments for men who have suffered spinal cord injuries and hope to regain bladder control and sexual functions.
iSchool and College of Nursing Secure $100,000 Grant Researching Libraries and Childhood Development
A research team from ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ's School of Information working in partnership with ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ State’s College of Nursing received a National Leadership Planning Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS) for $99,982. The funds will support the first stages of what investigators have named Project SHIELD (Supporting Healthy Infant Early Learning and Development).
Researchers Take a Closer Look at Nitrogen in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico
Researchers from ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ and the University of New Mexico determined how nitrogen-fixing plants and soil microbes contribute to the overall nitrogen availability in the Chihuahuan desert in New Mexico.
ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ State Alumna and Army Neuroscientist Hopes to Become Astronaut
ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ State Alumna, Allison Brager, Ph.D., is pursuing her lifelong dream to become an astronaut. Brager, who is a major in the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Knox, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æucky, has been in the application process for two years in hopes of becoming an astronaut candidate. A Northeast Ohio native, Br…