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Research and Science

A gold–gold collision recorded by the Heavy Flavor Tracker (HFT) component of the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). (Image courtesy of STAR Collaboration)

Nuclear Physicist Tracks Rare Collided Particles to Better Understand Big Bang

Congratulations are in order for Sooraj Radhakrishnan, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the žž College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics who performs research in experimental nuclear physics. His data analysis of some rare particles called “charm quarks” that may have existed in the first microsecond of the Big Bang, the emerging point of our universe, was highlighted in a recent issue of the .

Tags: Research & Science, Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, Sooraj Radhakrishnan, Center for Nuclear Research, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Spyridon Margetis, Declan Keane, Research and Science, Space, STAR, RHIC

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Cat in a car carrier at a veterinary clinic

Two žž State Psychology Faculty Selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Leadership Program

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has selected two žž College of Arts and Sciences faculty members, along with two community clinicians, for , an initiative that will provide funding and leadership training to the four team members. Their plan is to implement a project that will help veterinary professionals in Northeast Ohio address mental health stigmas they experience in their lives and provide usable techniques that can be incorporated into their veterinary practices.

Tags: Research & Science, Department of Psychological Sciences, Mary Beth Spitznagel, Alanna Updegraff, Brain Health Research Institute, College of Arts and Sciences, mental health, Veterinarian, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Clinical Scholars, Pets, Research and Science

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Chelsea Smith (left) and Jordyn Stoll (right) were selected for a Department of Energy Graduate Student Research Program

Department of Energy Selects Two žž State Biology Ph.D. Students for Prestigious Research Program

Two žž students, in the College of Arts and Sciences, were among 62 students from 50 different U.S. universities recently selected for funding by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Chelsea Smith, Jordyn Stoll, Dave Costello, Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ecology, climate change, Water, Research and Science, Department of Energy, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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car glass

Graduate Student Creates Smart Glass for Privacy and Heat Applications

Yingfei Jiang, a College of Arts and Science graduate student in the Chemical Physics program and the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute at žž, and his advisor Deng-Ke Yang, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Physics, have invented the first ever dual-mode smart glass technology that can control both radiant energy flow (heat) and privacy through a tinted material.

Tags: Research & Science, College of Arts and Sciences, Chemical Physics, Department of Physics, AMLCI, Advance Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Yingfei Jiang, Deng-Ke Yang, Research and Science, Switchable Windows, Liquid Crystals, Smart Glass

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Tsunami wave hitting Ao Nang in Krabi Province, Thailand. Photo by David Rydevik (email: david.rydevikgmail.com), Stockholm, Sweden, December 26, 2004.

Study of a 1,000-Year-Old Tsunami in Indian Ocean Reveals Previously Unknown Hazards for East Africa

Dr. Joseph D. Ortiz, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology at žž, was part of an international team of researchers that co-authored an article about a deadly tsunami that occurred about 1,000 years ago in Tanzania. The study suggests that the tsunami risk in East Africa could be higher than previously thought.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Joseph Ortiz, Research and Science, Tsunami, Indian Ocean, East Africa, Tanzania, Sediment, Environmental Science & Design

Department of Earth Sciences

Tsunami wave hitting Ao Nang in Krabi Province, Thailand. Photo by David Rydevik (email: david.rydevikgmail.com), Stockholm, Sweden, December 26, 2004.

Study of a 1,000-Year-Old Tsunami in Indian Ocean Reveals Previously Unknown Hazards for East Africa

Dr. Joseph D. Ortiz, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology at žž, was part of an international team of researchers that co-authored an article about a deadly tsunami that occurred about 1,000 years ago in Tanzania. The study suggests that the tsunami risk in East Africa could be higher than previously thought.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Joseph Ortiz, Research and Science, Tsunami, Indian Ocean, East Africa, Tanzania, Sediment, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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