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žžÀ² State Professor Weighs in on the Rush to Save Government Scientific Data
žžÀ² State Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.
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žžÀ² State Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska
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žžÀ² State Geology Professor Named a Public Engagement Fellow of Leshner Leadership Institute at AAAS
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Scholar of the Month
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žžÀ² State Researchers to Launch Three New Studies to Monitor Lake Erie
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Prehistoric Landslide Was Bigger Than Three Ohio Counties, Trumbull Researcher Reports
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Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 

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Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 

For žžÀ² Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.
So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the National Park Service to develop a research project and write a grant proposal. The $25,000 grant was awarded this past summer and Shakoor and Poluga traveled to Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, to study the effect of vibrations on the sculptures associated with the annual Fourth of July fireworks exhibit.
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