STEM
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Physicists Help Restart Large Hadron Collider
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are participating in the restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest, most powerful particle accelerator. The High-Energy Experimental Physics Group, led by Distinguished Professor Sheldon Stone, has been splitting…
Physicist Awarded IBM Grant to Develop Quantum Computing
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to help develop quantum computing technology. Britton Plourde, associate professor of physics, is using a three-year, $900,000 grant from IBM to conduct research for the…
Senior Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Joshua Woods, a senior chemical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and chemistry minor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The fellowship was…
iSchool Students Select Renee Hill, Jeff Rubin for Professor of the Year Honors
It’s often many years after graduating before college students recognize the impact their favorite professors have had in their lives. At the School of Information Studies (iSchool), however, graduates each year use convocation to honor the teachers who have been…
Garcia-Murillo Awarded Fulbright Grant for Research in Spain
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Martha Garcia-Murillo has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant for the spring of 2017. The grant will allow Garcia-Murillo to conduct research at the Institut Barcelona d’EStudis Internacionals (IBEI) in Barcelona, Spain. She will…
Chemists Add Color to Chemical Reactions
Chemists in the College of Arts and Sciences have come up with an innovative new way to visualize and monitor chemical reactions in real time. Members of the Maye Research Group in the Department of Chemistry have designed a nanomaterial…
Mercury Transit Viewed by Students on the Quad
Students passing through the quad on Monday, May 9, got a surprise chance to see the planet Mercury pass by the sun. The rare occurrence is visible only 13 times a century, and can only be observed with special telescope…
One Goldwater Scholar, Three Honorable Mentions Named
Four ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ nominees for the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship were recently recognized. Jessica Toothaker, a junior majoring in biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, was named as a 2016 Goldwater Scholar. Three students were recognized with Goldwater Honorable…
Final Class Project Soars at Dome
Engineering students put their classwork to the test recently. Mechanical and aerospace engineering students spent the semester designing and building robots and battery-operated aircraft. This video highlights their efforts and answers the question, “Why did you want to become an…
Testing the Waters
A student in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded the 2016 Central New York Association of Professional Geologists (CNYAPG) grant for student research. Emily Baker, a geology graduate student working in Associate Professor Laura Lautz’s lab, was…