STEM
Physicists Awarded NSF Grant to Study Cancer-Cell Behavior
M. Lisa Manning, M. Cristina Marchetti and Jennifer Schwarz have been awarded a three-year, $686,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to apply principles of soft-matter physics to cancer therapy.
Researchers Confirm Marine Animals Live Longer at High Latitudes
Researchers in the Department of Earth Sciences have shown that high-latitude bivalves live longer and grow slower than those in the tropics. Their findings are the subject of an article in the 鈥淧roceedings of the Royal Society B鈥 (The Royal…
Liddy Elected Vice Chair of Deans for Computing Research Association
Elizabeth D. Liddy, dean of the School of Information Studies (iSchool) was elected to the position of vice chair of the deans group for the Computing Research Association聽(CRA), an organization of more than 200 North American institutions active in computing…
Innovative Students, Professionals Sought for Hackathon Aug. 1 to Envision Products for Environmental Control
Targeting emerging opportunities for a new generation of innovative products in Central New York鈥檚 industry cluster in thermal and environmental controls (TEC), 黑料不打烊CoE invites students and professionals to participate in 鈥淭EChack, a two-day hackathon on Aug. 1 and 2. 黑料不打烊CoE…
Physicist Awarded Grant to Assess Authenticity of Gravitational-Wave Signals
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to continue the search for gravitational waves using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz 鈥37 Professor of Physics, is…
Kingma Hosts Group from China鈥檚 Tsinghua University
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor of Entreprenurship Bruce Kingma聽hosted a group of visiting scholars from China鈥檚 Tsinghua University this week, bringing them to campus as part of a tour of East Coast colleges and universities to study how entrepreneurship…
LIS Student Selected for ALA Spectrum Scholarship
Maria Provini, a graduate student in the Library and Information Science聽program at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been named a recipient of the 2016-17 American Library Association鈥檚 Spectrum Scholarship. Provini is one of 61 recipients of the competitive…
Physicist Wins NSF Grant to Support Subatomic Particle Research
The National Science Foundation has awarded $160,000 to Matthew Rudolph, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, to continue his work with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN鈥檚 accelerator complex near Geneva, Switzerland. The two-year…
A Trusted Advisor
A biologist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been honored for her work as a student mentor by the University鈥檚 Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising (CFSA). Kari Segraves, an associate professor of biology, was named Mentor of…
From Syrian Immigrant to 黑料不打烊 Grad: Hani Sulieman 鈥16, Electrical Engineering
As the revolution took hold in Syria, Hani Sulieman聽parted ways with his family and began a dangerous drive to the airport, not knowing if he would ever see them again. The roads he traveled were haunted by snipers and bore…