Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

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 ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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 cyberinfrastucture research grant project.

From Kent to Cleveland: The Importance Of DE&I

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Awarded $3.5 Million Choose Ohio First Grants
The state of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Higher Education announced that ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø has been awarded Choose Ohio First grants totaling $3.5 million to support students in the critical fields of science (including health professions), technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Awarded $3.5 Million Choose Ohio First Grants
The state of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Higher Education announced that ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø has been awarded Choose Ohio First grants totaling $3.5 million to support students in the critical fields of science (including health professions), technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Physics Professor Elected as 2020 Fellow of Prestigious Scientific Society
Jonathan V. Selinger, professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹Ù꿉۪s 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.

2020 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Recipients
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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 ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹Ù꿉۪s exceptional researchers and scholars.

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Recognizes New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Winners
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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 ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø for 10 years or less and are sponsored by the University Research Council.

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Physics Professor Elected as 2020 Fellow of Prestigious Scientific Society
Jonathan V. Selinger, professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹Ù꿉۪s 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.

Neuroscience Symposium Celebrates Brain Health Research at ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø, NEOMED and Cleveland Clinic

New Funding Leads to New Full-Body Virtual Reality Lab
Two ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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, ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø students and others.