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College of Arts and Sciences

Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹'s Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's. 

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University Commencement

GoodCall talked with professors around the country about the use of liberal arts degrees and the skills that students use as a springboard to the next step in their education and career path.

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Uses Geospatial Technology to Map Violence

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.

According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.

These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.

An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

School of Peace & Conflict Studies

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ geology professor is concerned about losing valuable government databases

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.