Research & Science
To the Rescue! 麻豆影院 State Tuscarawas Students Built Robot That can Douse Fires, Save Lives
麻豆影院 at Tuscarawas engineering technology students collaborated on their capstone project during the spring semester and unveiled a search and rescue robot on finals night in early May.

Invitation to Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Is 鈥業cing on the Cake鈥 for Doctoral Student
As if graduating with your Ph.D., starting a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellowship, getting married in Nepal and organizing an international research seminar wasn鈥檛 already a full plate for 麻豆影院 doctoral student Greta Babakhanova, how about a little dessert?

Public Health Professor鈥檚 Study on Blood Lead Levels Recognized
麻豆影院 Professor Madhav P. Bhatta, Ph.D., MPH was featured in MedicalResearch.com, a domain of medical news and exclusive interviews, for an interview on his study, 鈥淓levated Blood Lead Levels Among Resettled Refugee Children in Ohio, 2009 - 2016.鈥

A 4,000-Mile Journey Leads to 鈥淪ticky鈥 Award-Winning Research for 麻豆影院 State Graduate Student
Though she had an interest in science at an early age, Raissa Mendonca had no idea she would end up over 4,000 miles away from her hometown of Recife, Brazil, studying and doing award-winning ecological research in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆影院 in 麻豆影院, Ohio. She probably did not expect to be wearing a bug net over her head in Manitoba, Canada, either.

A 4,000-Mile Journey Leads to 鈥淪ticky鈥 Award-Winning Research for 麻豆影院 State Graduate Student
Though she had an interest in science at an early age, Raissa Mendonca had no idea she would end up over 4,000 miles away from her hometown of Recife, Brazil studying and doing award-winning ecological research in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆影院 in 麻豆影院, Ohio. She probably did not expect to be wearing a bug net over her head in Manitoba either. Now, while pursuing her Ph.D. at 麻豆影院 State, Mendonca conducts research in Costello鈥檚 lab that focuses on ecotoxicology and biogeochemistry and how environmental disturbances affect aquatic communities and ecological processes. One of her recent projects resulted in her being first author on a peer-reviewed journal article and earned her a $5,000 award to continue pursuing her research.

National Foundation Funds Grant to Preserve Audio And Audiovisual Recordings Contained in the University鈥檚 May 4 Collection
麻豆影院 Libraries鈥 May 4, 1970 Collection has been selected by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to benefit from a $30,561 award through the Recordings at Risk grant program, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Research Into 鈥淟ittle Things鈥 Leads to Big Experience for Local High School Student
Imagine being a 17-year-old high school student, and in your first semester of a geology research internship, your professor asks you to identify an extinct 300-million-year-old, tiny and unknown crustacean specimen. Megan Schinker, then an ambitious Stow-Munroe Falls High School junior, jumped right in. Now a senior in high school, Ms. Schinker, chose 麻豆影院 State as her undergraduate school where she will pursue a double major in geology and chemistry starting fall 2019.

Innovation on the Move
From the 麻豆影院 State Magazine, 鈥淚 want to be a voice in the renewable energy community,鈥 says Angela Deibel, reluctant to give up her marketing edge. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 want to just be an engineer鈥攖hough I love it鈥攂ut I want to tell [the public] about renewable energy.鈥

麻豆影院 State Geography Professor Elected President of American Association of Geographers
David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆影院, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United States, for 2019-20.

Corporate University Releases Wage and Benefits Survey Results
A lack of skilled labor is one of the top hiring challenges that businesses in Stark and Wayne counties face, according to the results of a wage and benefits survey conducted by the Corporate University at 麻豆影院 at Stark. More than 120 area companies completed the online survey, which was conducted in 2018.