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College of Arts and Sciences

Close up image of an Eastern Red Cedar branch with berries. (Photo by Sheila Brown, publicdomainpictures.net)

The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to Â鶹ӰԺ to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree species (Juniperus virginiana), spreads across the landscape.

Â鶹ӰԺ State Department of Geology graduate student Kortney Cole shows Schumacher Elementary School sixth grader students how to collect soil samples.

Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.

Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.

Close up image of an Eastern Red Cedar branch with berries. (Photo by Sheila Brown, publicdomainpictures.net)

The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to Â鶹ӰԺ to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree species (Juniperus virginiana), spreads across the landscape.

Mary Ann Raghanti, Ph.D., anthropology professor and chair in the College of Arts and Sciences at Â鶹ӰԺ, is involved in a collaborative research project to examine heart disease in gorillas.

Mary Ann Raghanti, Ph.D., anthropology professor and chair in the College of Arts and Sciences at Â鶹ӰԺ, is involved in a collaborative research project to examine heart disease in gorillas.

Globe of Western Hemisphere, The Americas

Emmaleigh Given recently spent three summers and two winters in a remote biological reserve in the middle of the rainforest in the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica, where she has and will spend several months conducting research on community ecology, and she has one more trip planned. Being hunted by unseen predators isn’t the way most researchers conduct their work. But for some, it’s just part of the day.

Gracen Gerbig (left) and Hayley Shasteen (right), both Â鶹ӰԺ students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

Gracen Gerbig and Hayley Shasteen, both Â鶹ӰԺ students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered the nation’s premier undergraduate award in the natural sciences, math and engineering. They were recognized by President Beverly Warren at the Â鶹ӰԺ State Board of Trustees meeting on May 9.

Â鶹ӰԺ State students Gracen Gerbig, left, and Hayley Shasteen, right, were recognized at the May 9 Board of Trustees meeting.

Two Â鶹ӰԺ undergraduate students have been awarded prestigious 2019 Goldwater Scholarships from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The foundation awards the scholarships annually to students studying mathematics, natural science or engineering.