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Virtual Reality Research to Benefit Those With Cognitive Impairments

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Students (left to right) Meredith Paskert, Hyunjae Jeong. Alfred Shaker, Xiangxu Lin test the VR equipment

An interdisciplinary team of �鶹ӰԺ professors has come together to explore the different ways virtual reality (VR) technology can help those with developmental and cognitive impairments. “We found that we are able to blend our expertise together to create a project that will improve the health opportunities for people with cognitive impairments,” said Mary Ann Devine, Ph.D., director for the Disability Studies and Community Inclusion minor/graduate certificate.

Off Task During Online Learning: �鶹ӰԺ State Study Finds Student Multitasking Increases in Online Courses Compared to Face-To-Face Courses

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A �鶹ӰԺ student multitasks by simultaneously using her desktop computer, laptop computer, smartphone and headphones.

The phenomenon of multitasking across three or four internet-connected devices simultaneously is increasingly common. Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., and Aryn Karpinski, Ph.D., of �鶹ӰԺ’s College of Education, Health and Human Services were curious to know how often this happens during online education.

GIRLS4STEAM 2nd ANNUAL DESIGN-INNOVATION CHALLENGE INSPIRES YOUNG WOMEN TO USE TECHNOLOGY CREATIVELY

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Local high schools participate in the Girls4Steam event at �鶹ӰԺ State

�鶹ӰԺ State Student Realizes Dream of Working With Celebrity Chef

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�鶹ӰԺ hospitality management senior Ashley Foster (right) spent a week working with Food Network celebrity chef Cat Cora (left). (Photo provided by Ashley Foster)

�鶹ӰԺ senior Ashley Foster has known since third grade that she wanted a career as a chef.

The 20-year-old hospitality management major got a little closer to her dream over the summer when she spent a week training with celebrity chef Cat Cora at the chef’s headquarters in Santa Barbara, California.

�鶹ӰԺ State Receives Recognition for Autism Initiatives

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Members of Autism Connections �鶹ӰԺ, a student organization created by �鶹ӰԺ students with autism spectrum disorder and their allies, pose for a photo at the �鶹ӰԺ Student Center during their first meeting last fall.

�鶹ӰԺ State Exercise Science/Physiology Faculty Awarded Grant to Study Probiotics and Exercise

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�鶹ӰԺ’s Adam Jajtner, Ph.D., and Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., stand in their research lab. The two exercise science/physiology faculty members will lead a study related to the use of probiotics and physical exercise.

Shaker Heights, Painesville, Akron and Westlake Schools Participate in Leadership Institute Sponsored by �鶹ӰԺ State

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School administrators from Shaker Heights, Painesville, Akron and Westlake participated in the Creating Global Mindedness Leadership Institute sponsored by �鶹ӰԺ’s College of Education, Health and Human Services.

School administrators from Shaker Heights, Painesville, Akron’s Firestone cluster and Westlake delved into understanding leadership through a contextual and cultural lens in a recent four-day institute.

�鶹ӰԺ State Selects James Hannon as the New Dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services

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New Podiatric Product Developed by �鶹ӰԺ State Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes

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�鶹ӰԺ students Nilin Rao (left) and Craig Verdin (right), and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D. (center), have invented an insole to help people with ulcerations on their feet.

New Podiatric Product Developed by �鶹ӰԺ State Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes

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