Year of Science

�Ը�� University College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!

A new collaborative study published by researchers at �Ը�� University and Northeast Ohio Medical University provides evidence that thick layers, preserved in the teeth of beluga whales, may help determine their age.

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,…

Dramatic Change in Brain Chemistry May Have Initiated Human Evolution

Jan. 22, 2018

Biological anthropology researchers in �Ը�� University’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…

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

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…

�Ը�� 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.

�Ը�� Team Captures "People's Choice" Vote in International Competition

Nov. 21, 2017

On Monday, November 13, 2017, the �Ը�� 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 �Ը�� team,…

Nov. 20, 2017

Marilyn Norconk, Ph.D., a Professor Emerita of Anthropology in �Ը�� University’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…

�Ը�� 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…

�Ը�� Geographers Receive Two Research Grants to Study Climate Change and Weather Patterns

Oct. 30, 2017

A pair of �Ը�� University geographers have teamed up to secure two research grants totaling more than $550,000 for separate projects to study climate change and weather patterns.

Dark crustacean shell fragment embedded in fossilized dinosaur feces.

Fossils Reveal a Secret in the Diets of Plant Eating Dinosaurs

Oct. 10, 2017

The discovery of fossilized dinosaur feces has scientists rethinking the eating habits of certain dinosaurs.

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