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黑料不打烊 Physicists Excel at Gordon Research Conference in New Hampshire
Physicists from the College of Arts and Sciences shone at the Soft Condensed Matter Physics Gordon Research Conference (GRC), recently held at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, N.H. GRCs are prestigious international conferences that provide a forum for discussion about…
黑料不打烊 Symposium鈩 Announces 鈥楴etworks鈥 Theme, Fall Lineup
“Networks鈥 is the theme of the 2015 黑料不打烊 Symposium鈩, organized and presented by the 黑料不打烊 Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences.
A Celebration of Science
The Research Experience for Undergraduates, or REU for short, is a program funded by the National Science Foundation to provide summer research opportunities for students in the STEM fields at the University. More than 80 undergraduates from the College of…
FNSSI to Acquire Cutting-Edge DNA Sequencer
Researchers in the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) are using a major grant award to acquire a powerful, new instrument for forensic genomic analysis. The recipients are Michael Marciano, a FNSSI senior scientist; Kevin Sweder, a FNSSI professor…
Janklow Program Takes National Stage
Three summers ago, the Janklow Arts Leadership Program in the College of Arts and Sciences welcomed its inaugural cohort. Today, the program is not only a shining beacon of interdisciplinary success, linking liberal and professional learning, but also is asserting…
Psychologist Stephen Maisto Awarded $2.1 Million NIH Grant Award
A psychologist鈥檚 research in the College of Arts and Sciences is receiving backing from one of the world鈥檚 most foremost biomedical research centers. Stephen Maisto, professor of psychology, is the recipient of a five-year, $2.1 million National Institutes of Health…
Fridley Co-Authors International Biodiversity Research Paper
Humans depend upon high levels of ecosystem biodiversity. But due to climate change and changes in land use, biodiversity loss is greater now than at any other time in human history. Jason Fridley, associate professor of biology in the College…
Physicists Awarded $3 Million Grant to Build Particle Detector
They will use the three-year award to build an inner tracking device, known as the Upstream Tracker, which will increase the amount of data that LHCb can handle by factors of five to 10.
Physicists Confirm Existence of Rare Pentaquarks
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have confirmed the existence of two rare pentaquark states. Their discovery is said to have major implications for the study of the structure of matter.
Samantha Usman Receives Highly Competitive Astronaut Scholarship
A rising senior in the College of Arts and Sciences is flying high upon learning of her latest academic achievement. Samantha Usman 鈥16, a double major in physics and mathematics, has just been named a recipient of the Astronaut Scholarship…