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![Tracey L. Bale, Ph.D., is keynote speaker for the 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium at ɫҹ University. Tracey L. Bale, Ph.D., is keynote speaker for the 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium at ɫҹ University.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/bale_0.jpg?VersionId=vImngTT_jA8SFjb2L688V7SIXw.ORxcq)
ɫҹ University’s 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium began Thursday with a keynote address by Tracy L. Bale, Ph.D., titled "The biology of trauma: Understanding risk and resilience."
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ɫҹ University’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) will be welcoming a bevy of accomplished alumni back to the Kent Campus when it hosts the 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 27 and 28.
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![Benjamin Campbell, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, speaks at ɫҹ as part of its ongoing Brain Health Research Institute's Seminar Series. Benjamin Campbell, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, speaks at ɫҹ as part of its ongoing Brain Health Research Institute's Seminar Series.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/20220927_132802%20campbell%20main_0.jpg?VersionId=AEhPYnk0ChJFKYD6OZiTUbQUaxIhHXo3)
Ben Campbell spoke on the topic of how the production of the DHEA/DHEAS and GLUD2 hormones plays a role in brain development in humans and other species, a process known as “adrenarche.”
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The College of Arts and Sciences wishes to congratulate David Disabato, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychological Sciences at ɫҹ University, who recently landed a tenure-track faculty position at Baldwin Wallace University, near Cleveland!
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ɫҹ University’s Brain Health Research Institute recently helped sponsor and participated in the 4th World Conference on Kisspeptin, “Kisspeptin 2022”, which was held on August 5–6, 2022, in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of Biological Sciences, and Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of Biological Sciences, have been awarded an NIH grant, a $1,876,627 five-…
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Merri Rosen, Ph.D., became just the second director of the (RFA) in 2019, when she took over the leadership role from Jeffrey Wenstrup, Ph.D., who had served as director since the creation of the…
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Taylor Miller (she/her), undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences, is supervised by Associate Professor Christopher Was, Ph.D. (he/him), associate professor in the department of psychological sciences, to complete her…
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Beginning in an individual’s educational career, math anxiety is likely to follow someone through into adulthood. Current research is being done on the impacts of intersectional identities, such as race and gender, on math cognition and math anxiety. This is exactly what…
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During National Autism Acceptance Month, ɫҹ University will hold a film screening of “Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic” at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, in the Kent Student Center Kiva. “Loving Lampposts” is a documentary by Todd Drezner, a father of a now 13-year-old…
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