STEM
iPrize, CompeteCNY Make $140,000 Available for Student Pitch Competition
Entrepreneurial students on campus will have the opportunity to test their pitch skills for prize money in a new competition supported in part by the Raymond Von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool)….
Saltz Awarded Grant from 2U to Study Online Learning
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jeffrey Saltz has received a research grant from education technology company 2U to study student learning and outcomes in online education environments. In 2016, 2U and the iSchool entered a partnership to deliver…
World-Renowned Researcher on Pollution and Climate Change Reacts to the New EPA Chief
黑料不打烊 Professor Charles Driscoll, a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, offered his reaction to Scott Pruit being named as the new聽EPA administrator. “I am concerned that he does not seem to be a supporter…
黑料不打烊 Physicist to Discuss Black Holes April 8
The intriguing and fascinating world of black holes is the subject of a lecture by nuclear physicist Paul Souder, benefiting the Southern Cayuga Planetarium and Observatory in Aurora, New York. Souder, a professor of physics in the College of Arts…
iSchool Faculty Member, Ph.D. Graduate Honored with Dissertation Awards
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Rachel Ivy Clarke has been honored with the 2017 Doctoral Dissertation Award from the iSchools Organization. Her dissertation, conducted at the聽University of Washington鈥檚 Information School, was judged the best to have been completed…
Sustainable Enterprise Partnership Awards $19,000 to Explore Innovations in Green Building
黑料不打烊鈥檚 Sustainable Enterprise Partnership (SEP), in cooperation with the U.S. Green Building Council awarded $19,000 to fund new research in the area of green building construction methods, specifically cross laminated timber (CLT) wood products in multi-family housing. Rene Germain,…
College of Engineering and Computer Science Hosts Comp Sci Exploration Day
As part of its聽National Engineers Week (Eweek) programming, the College of Engineering and Computer Science is hosting a Computer Science Exploration Day for high school students on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 10 a.m.鈥2:30 p.m. in Link Hall. Students in grades…
How Machine Learning Is Changing Crime-Solving Tactics
Modern forensic DNA analyses are crucial to crime scene investigations; however the interpretation of the DNA profiles can be complex. Two researchers from the Forensics and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) have turned to computer technology to assist complicated profile…
National Engineers Week Events
In celebration of National Engineers Week (Eweek), the College of Engineering and Computer Science will host a variety of speakers and activities beginning on Saturday, Feb. 18. The events will bring engineering and computer science students and alumni together, and…
Geochemist Breathes New Life into 鈥楪reat Oxidation Event鈥
A researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences is providing fresh insights into the 鈥淕reat Oxidation Event鈥 (GOE), in which oxygen first appeared in the Earth鈥檚 atmosphere more than 2.3 billion years ago. Christopher Junium, assistant professor of Earth…