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Molecular Genetics Professor Receives Four-Year, $1.2 Million NIH Grant
Molecular Genetics Professor Hay-Oak Park’s four-year, $1.2 million NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences grant builds on ongoing studies to understand spatial and temporal regulation of…
Earth Scientists Funded to Study Climatic and Environmental Change in European Alps
Paolo Gabrielli, research scientist and Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor, School of Earth Sciences, have been awarded $239,000 by the Geography and Spatial Science program of the…
Graduate Students Involved in Multi-Generational, Co-Design Project
In an experiment of multi-generational design creativity, a group of graduate students from The Ohio State University teamed up with groups of older adults – ranging in age from their 70s to 90s –…
Psychology Professor Identifies Strong Predictors of Obesity
Charles Emery, professor of psychology, is lead author of a new study identifying two strong predictors of obesity: having low self-esteem related to one’s weight and keeping food visibly available…
Researchers from Ohio State and the UK Study How Music Brings People Together
Cognitive ethnomusicologists at The Ohio State University collaborated with researchers from Durham University in the UK to conduct leading research, published in early April, about how music brings…
Psychology Professor and Colleagues Publish Largest Behavioral Treatment Study Ever Done in the Field of Autism
Luc Lecavalier, professor, psychology and psychiatry, is lead author of a new study finding that for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a 24-week parent training program is superior to…
Gender-Inclusive Housing Initiative Inspired by Undergraduate Research of Young Alumnus
Chase M. Ledin (BA ’14) has been instrumental in Ohio State’s process of implementing gender-inclusive housing, which allows people of many genders — specifically students who identify as LGBTQ — to…
Why Children Differ in Motivation to Learn – It Could Be in the Genes
New research from Stephen Petrill, professor, psychology, suggests that genes may play a large role in why some kids feel unmotivated to learn at school.
Eight Awesome Things You Don't Know About CBEC
It’s done now. But once it was just a big, deep hole in the ground. Before that, it was only a gleam in the eye of a few visionary researchers. What does it take to make a world-class research…