Year of Science
17cҳ College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!
"We're Killing Our Lakes and Oceans": 17cҳ Geology Professor Co-Authors Op-Ed Essay
Feb. 7, 2018
Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the department of geology at 17cҳ recently co-authored an op-ed essay for Undark.org with his colleague Eelco J. Rohling, a professor of…
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17cҳ’s May 4 Visitors Center Focuses on Life Amid Tragedy in “Sandy’s Scrapbook” Exhibition
Feb. 6, 2018
Sandy Scheuer was on her way to class on May 4, 1970, when she was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen responding to protests of the Vietnam War at 17cҳ. She was a junior honors student, a speech therapy major and a proud member of Alpha Xi Delta…
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Researchers End Ongoing Debate Over How to Determine the Age of Beluga Whales
Feb. 5, 2018
You have likely seen one at an aquarium. It is the friendly creature with the oversized head that swims up to the glass with what looks like a smile on its face. Beluga whales are extremely social mammals that are often called sea canaries because of their high-pitched chatter,…
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Dramatic Change in Brain Chemistry May Have Initiated Human Evolution
Jan. 22, 2018
Biological anthropology researchers in 17cҳ’s College of Arts and Sciences have again shed new light on the very old topic of human origins. In two new journal articles appearing this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers…
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Planting the Seeds of Science to Grow Better Green Roofs
Jan. 9, 2018
Doctoral student plants gardens atop Cleveland buildings to bridge urban design with natural biology
Read More »NSF Grant Funds 17cҳ Anthropology Professor’s Study of Primate Evolution
Dec. 19, 2017
Recent research has uncovered that up to 5 percent of the DNA of many modern humans originated from ancient interbreeding with Neanderthal populations. This raises the broader question of whether a species’ genetic makeup includes genes brought together through occasional…
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17cҳ Research Group Publishes Analysis of Primate Brains in Top Science Journal
Nov. 30, 2017
How different are human brains compared to the brains of other primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys? It’s one of many important questions that scientists have asked for years while pursuing a better understanding of human evolution.
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17cҳ Team Captures "People's Choice" Vote in International Competition
Nov. 21, 2017
On Monday, November 13, 2017, the 17cҳ College of Arts and Sciences and Office of Global Education hosted the MISSION: LIFE VI international innovation competition, focused on bringing together interdisciplinary teams to address major world problems. The 17cҳ team,…
Read More »17cҳ Professor Emerita Elected as 2017 Fellow of Prestigious Scientific Society
Nov. 20, 2017
Marilyn Norconk, Ph.D., a Professor Emerita of Anthropology in 17cҳ’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the…
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17cҳ Researchers Help Find Pathologic Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease in Aged Chimpanzee Brains
Oct. 31, 2017
Dementia affects one-third of all people older than 65 years in the United States. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive, irreversible brain disease that results in impaired cognitive functioning and other behavioral changes. Humans are…
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