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Workers install a green roof onto the lower roof of Taylor Hall at �þ��ҹ��ӰԺ��ѹۿ�. The plants will help insulate the building, control water runoff and provide less glare.

�þ��ҹ��ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State to Co-Lead New Center of Living Architecture

Tags: Research & Science, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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Dr. Veronica Dexheimer, an assistant professor of physics in �þ��ҹ��ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State’s College of Arts and Sciences, recently received a five-year $425,000 Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

�þ��ҹ��ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State Astrophysicist Wins NSF Grant to Search for Exotic Matter in Neutron Stars

Tags: Research and Science, Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences

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Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D, assistant professor of geology in �þ��ҹ��ӰԺ��ѹۿ�, received a five-year, $487,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.

�þ��ҹ��ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State Geologist Wins Grant to Study Climate Change Factors and Inspire Young Scientists

Some natural processes can help slow climate change by removing CO2 from the atmosphere. One of the factors that influences the ability of plants and soils to store carbon is the focus of a new study by Dr. Elizabeth Herndon, Assistant Professor of Geology at �þ��ҹ��ӰԺ��ѹۿ�.

Tags: Research and Science, Department of Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, climate change

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Dr. Hamza Balci, Associate Professor of Physics at �þ��ҹ��ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State, works with microscopy equipment in his lab.

�þ��ҹ��ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State Researcher Wins NIH Grant to Fight Cancer at a Molecular Level

Single molecule biophysics sounds complicated because it is. Then again, so is cancer.
So it makes sense that one of �þ��ҹ��ӰԺ��ѹۿ�'s molecular biophysicists would take on the most notorious challenge in medical science.

Tags: Research and Science, Department of Physics, Cancer, Health, College of Arts and Sciences

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A parent holds their adolescent child while doctors examine him.

�þ��ҹ��ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State psychologist leads NIH-funded study to identify children at risk for persistent distress after a traumatic injury

Several factors — including, age, gender, and medical history — determine how a child processes a trauma and what treatments may be most effective at preventing long-term psychological distress. But what role do parents play?

Tags: Research and Science, Department of Psychological Sciences, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, brain health

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