STEM
College of Law Trial Team Wins Tiffany Cup, Finishes Fifth in National Trial Competition
College of Law students continue to earn national accolades for their trial team accomplishments. On March 28, Jason Krisza L鈥14 and Jennifer Camillo L鈥15 competed in the National Trial Competition (NTC) in Austin, Texas, and placed fifth overall out of…
Stanton Named Fellow of Leading Change Institute
Jeffrey M. Stanton, professor and senior associate dean in the School of Information Studies, was selected as a 2014 fellow for the Leading Change Institute, co-sponsored by EDUCAUSE and the Council on Library and Information Resources. The institute will take…
SU Biologists Use Sound to Identify Breeding Grounds of Endangered Whales
Remote acoustic monitoring among endangered whales is the subject of a major article by two doctoral students in The College of Arts and Sciences. Leanna Matthews and Jessica McCordic, members of the Parks Lab in the Department of Biology, have…
Faculty Member a Judge for IBM’s Master the Mainframe Competition
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will be involved in an innovative IBM academic initiative, as one of its faculty members participates as a judge for the technology firm鈥檚 鈥淢aster the Mainframe World Championship鈥 programming competition for young innovators. One…
Hurst-Wahl Garners WISE Accolades
School of Information Studies (iSchool) associate professor of practice聽Jill Hurst-Wahl has been recognized by the Web-based聽Information Science Education (WISE)聽Consortium for excellence in teaching. Hurst-Wahl was nominated for a WISE 2013 Instructor of the Year Award for her course, “Copyright for…
Michael 鈥72 and Susan Thonis Establish Endowed Professorship of Earth Sciences
Professor Suzanne L. Baldwin, a renowned geologist and thermochronologist, has been named the inaugural Michael G. and Susan T. Thonis Professor of Earth Sciences in The College of Arts and Sciences. Through the generosity of Michael Thonis 鈥72 and his…
Student Team Advances to Second Round of Cyber Defense Competition
A team of students from the Center for Convergence and Emerging Network Technologies (CCENT) cyber security test bed at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) is advancing to the second phase of competition in the Northeast regional section of the…
Physics Professor Lisa Manning Named Sloan Research Fellow
M. Lisa Manning, assistant professor of physics in The College of Arts and Sciences, studies the mechanics of how biological cells move and grow, and how granular materials fail. As an early career scientist, she is being recognized for her…
What’s Growing Inside the Life Sciences Greenhouse?
What’s growing inside the greenhouse atop the Life Sciences Complex in the middle of winter? More than you might expect. Biology Greenhouse from 黑料不打烊 on Vimeo. (video transcription below) Keith Kobland, SU News: In the dead of winter,…
Physicist鈥檚 Proposal in Quantum Computing Receives $2.25 Million in Funding
鈥淭he Big Bang Theory鈥 is one of television鈥檚 most popular shows, but if you鈥檙e interested in physics, cutting-edge research and high IQs, you need to look no further than the Department of Physics in The College of Arts and Sciences….