STEM
Nicholson to Lead Session on Transformative Games
School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Scott Nicholson will lead a session on transformative games at a meeting of the New York State Senate Select Committee on Science, Technology, Incubation and Entrepreneurship at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) tomorrow….
SU’s Mark Bowick to Be Honored as New Steele Professor Oct. 31
Mark Bowick, professor of physics in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed the new Joel Dorman Steele Professor of Physics. The Steele Professorship is one of the University鈥檚 oldest and is named for the 19th-century SU trustee….
iSchool Receives $7 Million Gift from Alumna鈥檚 Estate
The School of Information Studies has received a landmark gift of $7 million from the estate of Estelle Wilhelm 鈥38 (Arts and Sciences), G鈥39 (iSchool).
Women in STEM Discussion Is Oct. 18
SU Advance will present Joan Bennett of Rutgers University in its next Conversations on Equity and Excellence series on Friday, Oct. 18, at 10 a.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library. Bennett’s talk, “Science, Sex Chromosomes and…
SU hosts Commutative Algebra, Algebraic Geometry Conference
More than two dozen mathematicians from New York State and Ontario will converge at 黑料不打烊 for the 23rd annual 鈥淩oute 81 Conference on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry.鈥 The conference, which is attended primarily by mathematicians from SU, Cornell…
iSchool Launches Crowdsourced ‘Fuel’ Program Funding Campaign
The School of Information Studies (iSchool), whose national reputation is built on innovation in the information field, has initiated a student programs development campaign with some twists. The effort is modeled on the crowdsourcing style of fundraising, and it uses…
iSchool, LCS Coordinating Computing and IT Awards Programs for Women
黑料不打烊 is joining with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) to encourage more young women to choose an education and career in technology through a national awards program that celebrates both their achievements and their goals…
NSF Funds OrangeGrid Improvements
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded 黑料不打烊 $498,000 to enhance SU鈥檚 OrangeGrid by upgrading the campus鈥檚 data network infrastructure to facilitate high throughput research computing. OrangeGrid (formerly known as the HTC campus grid) uses idle desktop computers in…
Biologists Confirm Role of Sperm Competition in Formation of New Species
‘Current Biology’ article marks culmination of six years of research Biologists in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences have confirmed that reproductive isolation, a critical step in the formation of new species, can arise from diversifying sperm competition. Their…
SU App Challenge Applications Open Oct. 1
For a second year, students across the SU campus can showcase their software and hardware application creativity while competing for $2,500 in prizes at the fall SU App Challenge. Competition founder Keisuke Inoue, an instructor for the School of Information…