Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

Professor Receives NASA New Investigator Award
He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Geography, recently received NASA’s New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science. Yin will lead evaluation and research of the devastating effects that the Syrian civil war has had on croplands throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.
Growing Cities are Growing Green: The Progression of Living Architecture

Lighting a fire(fly): Biological Sciences Researcher Helps Teachers Get Messy with Data

Patterns, Populations And Podcasts: Computational Ecologist Receives Prestigious Early-Career Award from NSF

Kent State Receives More Than $3 Million In Grants From National Science Foundation
Kent State University has recently received a flurry of grants totaling more than $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which will support research and innovation in a wide range of fields within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Cotton in the Curriculum Awards Grant to School of Fashion for the Fourth Year in a Row

Center for Ecology and Natural Resource Sustainability highlights the Importance of Natural Lands

Taking a Deep Dive Into the Utilization of Oceanic Sediments
One of Kent State University’s newest faculty members in the Department of Geology has already made her mark with the recent publication of her and her colleagues’ work to better understand the effects of global warming as it relates to the arctic ocean. Allyson Tessin, assistant professor, specializes in biochemistry, oceanography and sedimentary geology. She is currently studying the relationship between the chemistry of the ocean and climate change.

Biological Sciences Faculty Take on Invasive Plant Species of Ohio in New Book
Three faculty members in Kent State University's Department of Biological Sciences recently co-authored a 384-page hardcover book, “Problem Plants of Ohio,” published by the Kent State University Press.

2020 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Recipients
Kent State University has announced the recipients of the 2020 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSA). Sponsored by the University Research Council and the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, this award honors Kent State’s exceptional researchers and scholars.