STEM
Sowing Cybersecurity
When computer science Professor Wenliang 鈥淜evin鈥 Du discusses the importance of cybersecurity, he likens it to building a beautiful house and forgetting to put a lock on the door. 鈥淭he people who write codes and develop systems often don鈥檛 know the potential risks,鈥 Du says.
Student Project Will Provide Clean Drinking Water to Honduran Village
The small tropical village of El Cipr茅s in Honduras faces a problem every time the rainy season hits. Its stream-fed water supply becomes especially turbid鈥攊nundated with suspended soil particles and microbes. It takes on a murky appearance and becomes unhealthy to drink.
Data Visualization at the iSchool: Spring Poster Session
iSchool faculty members Jeff Hemsley and Mike Fudge give us the inside scoop on what goes into the iSchool’s end-of-semester poster session. Data Visualization at the iSchool: Spring Poster Session from 黑料不打烊 iSchool on Vimeo.
Physicists Aid in Discovery of Subatomic Process
Distinguished Professor Sheldon Stone says the discovery came about when two LHC experiments recently combined their results and found overwhelming evidence of an extremely rare decay of a particle known as the Bs meson, which contains a bottom, or 鈥渂,鈥 quark and an anti-strange quark.
Biologist Lands Three-Year NIH Grant Award
Melissa Pepling, associate professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a major grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her ongoing work in ovarian biology. She is the recipient of a three-year,…
黑料不打烊 Triumphs at ACC 鈥楳eeting of the Minds鈥 Conference
黑料不打烊 was on display at the 10th annual Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Meeting of the Minds (MOM) Conference, recently held at North Carolina State University. Seven undergraduates, all with ties to the College of Arts and Sciences, produced a…
From Broken Fingers to Top NSBE Research Honor
For most people, breaking three knuckles would inspire nothing more than a pained shriek and a trip to the emergency room. For Chelsea Stephens 鈥15, it was motivation to follow a path that led to her earning first place in…
Student鈥檚 Philanthropy Leads to NSF Fellowship in Mercury Research
Jacqueline Gerson, a graduate student in environmental engineering science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has earned a highly competitive graduate fellowship from the National Science Foundation.聽The award will fund her research on mercury contamination from artisanal gold…
Sandra and Avi Nash Classroom for Collaboration Opens in Link Hall
This spring, the College of Engineering and Computer Science held a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony to officially open a state-of-the-art classroom for collaboration. The space was named after chemical engineering alumnus Avi Nash G鈥77 and his wife, Sandra. The collaborative…
Geologist Jeff Karson Publishes Book on Oceanic Abyss
Starting with a historical summary of seafloor exploration, “Discovering the Deep” describes the geologic components of the Earth’s oceanic crust and the processes that have created it.