STEM
黑料不打烊 to Host International 鈥楢ctive and Smart Matter鈥 Conference
The breathtaking intersection of science and art will be celebrated this month at 黑料不打烊 as part of a unique international conference. The four-day event, titled 鈥淎ctive and Smart Matter: A New Frontier for Science and Engineering,鈥 will bring together…
iSchool Welcomes Five New Faculty Members
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has added five new professors to the tenure-track faculty ranks.聽Each are exceptional scholars and will continue to burnish the top-ranked programs聽and award-winning research of the 黑料不打烊 iSchool. Daniel E. Acuna Acuna earned his Ph.D….
Physicist Named Editor of Top Scientific Journal
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is taking over the reins of one of the world鈥檚 top scientific journals. M. Cristina Marchetti, the William R. Kenan Professor of Physics, has been appointed co-lead editor of Physical…
Research Indicates Right Whales Have Individual Voices
The sounds were recorded using suction-cup acoustic tags attached to the animals to see whether their sounds could be used to tell the whales apart.
Study: Counties Would Gain in Economic Benefits from Power Plant Carbon Standard
Nearly all U.S. regions stand to gain economic benefits from power plant carbon standards that set moderately stringent emission targets and allow a high level of compliance flexibility, according to a new study co-authored by Charles Driscoll,聽University Professor of Civil…
Physicists Awarded $1.1 Million Grant
Members of the High Energy Theory Group in the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded a three-year, $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support their work in theoretical particle physics and cosmology. Most…
Earth Scientists Push Boundaries of 3D Modeling
Earth scientists in the College of Arts and Sciences are changing the way they study the geological record, thanks to new advances in three-dimensional modeling. Robert Moucha, assistant professor of geophysics, and Gregory Ruetenik, a Ph.D. student in Earth sciences,…
The Salt City鈥檚 Technician鈥擥ino Duca 鈥96, G 鈥09
In addition to full-time faculty members, students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science learn from adjunct faculty, many of whom are full-time, practicing engineers. One such professor is Gino Duca 鈥96, G鈥09, the president and co-founder of Salt…
Milcarek Wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Ryan Milcarek 鈥14, a mechanical and aerospace engineering Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has earned a prestigious graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award will fund three years of his fuel…
Snapchat Pioneer: Evan Garber 鈥10 Finds Success in Social Media
Since it launched in 2011, Snapchat has established itself as one of the top social media platforms, especially among young people鈥攕o much so that it recently leapfrogged Instagram as the preferred social media platform among teens, according to Piper Jaffray鈥檃…