STEM
Physicist Scores Back-to-Back Articles in Top Journals
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has published back-to-back articles in two of the field鈥檚 most prestigious journals. Associate Professor M. Lisa Manning is the co-author of recent articles in Nature Physics and Nature Materials. Both pieces…
Local High School Students Immersed in Science Research at University
Every summer, lots of high school students use their free time to take on part-time jobs. For many, that means grabbing a few hours behind a cash register or mowing the neighbor鈥檚 yard. Three local high school students made a…
iSchool Launches New Center for Computational and Data Sciences
A new research center has launched at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) that aims to provide a focal point for advancing data science and human language technologies, especially in the context of social science scholarship. Announced at the school鈥檚…
Scholar Spotlight: Kenneth Buckner 鈥19
Atlanta Word Works, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing writing and spoken word poetry to young people in Atlanta, recently named Kenneth Buckner, an outstanding 2015 graduate of the city鈥檚 Holy Innocents high school, as its first Youth Poet Laureate. Buckner…
Physicists Use Grant Award to Facilitate Teacher Training
Two聽physicists聽in the College of Arts and Sciences have received a grant award designed to strengthen the teaching of high school聽physics聽throughout the region. Allen Miller, professor emeritus of聽physics, and Sam Sampere, an instructional lab manager, have received $7,500 from the John…
Indoor Mapping Project Attracts Funding from Google
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Yun Huang聽has received funding from Google鈥檚 Faculty Research Awards Program聽that will help her continue research on an indoor mapping project. The award of $38,514 is for Huang鈥檚 work on the research initiative 鈥淕eneral…
Knight Foundation Recognizes SpeakEZ Efforts with Prototype Grant
The Knight Foundation Prototype Fund has recognized the work of a School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member and several classes of his students in creating a system to help a refugee population use mobile phones to more easily communicate…
黑料不打烊 Physicists Advance Search for Gravitational Waves
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are playing a key role in the first observation run of the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave (LIGO) Detector, after a meticulous five-year rebuild.
A Hunger for Knowledge
A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant extension, enabling him to continue studying a rare genetic disorder known as Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). James Hougland, assistant professor of chemistry, has received an additional…
Pilot Program to Spur 黑料不打烊-Upstate Medical Research Collaborations
The pilot grant program鈥攖itled 鈥淒riving Inspiration and Innovation through Collaboration鈥濃攚as initiated by SU Trustee Sam Nappi, who has provided $1.5 million for biomedical and chemical engineering to 黑料不打烊.