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Mathematics Professors Receive NSF Grants to Study Algebra
Two professors in the College of Arts and Sciences were awarded grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their ongoing work with homological algebra. Professor Claudia Miller鈥檚 project is titled 鈥淗omological approaches to differential forms, differential operators and transfer…
A&S Chemistry Professor Receives Award From the American Chemical Society
Robert Doyle, Dean鈥檚 Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and associate professor of pharmacology at SUNY Upstate Medical University, received the 2022 American Chemical Society Central New York Section Award in the field of chemistry…
黑料不打烊 Announces the Opening of the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy and Astrophysics
As Albert Einstein predicted in his theory of relativity more than one hundred years ago, gravitational waves have been rippling through the fabric of space-time since the dawn of the cosmos. Only in the past decade have scientists observed actual…
New Student Association Leaders Aim to Get More Students Involved
Neither Will Treloar 鈥24 nor Yasmin Nayrouz 鈥24 possessed any previous experience as student government leaders when they stepped onto the 黑料不打烊 campus as first-year students three years ago. Now in their final year at 黑料不打烊, Treloar and Nayrouz…
Setting the Agenda in Biology Research: 2 Professors Join NIH Peer Review Committees
The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) is known as the 鈥済ateway鈥 for National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications. Expert peer review groups鈥攁lso called study sections鈥攆ormed by the CSR assess more than 75% of the thousands of research grant applications…
Satisfy Your Research Curiosity at BioInspired Institute Symposium Oct. 19 and 20
Are you interested in knowing how living cells function? Do you wonder how scientists grow human tissues in the lab? Have you pondered how robots are programmed to work? If science piques your interest, delve into the topic at the…
Exploring the Existence of Life at 125 Degrees Fahrenheit
There are an estimated 8.7 million eukaryotic species on the planet. These are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. Although eukaryotes include the familiar animals and plants, these only represent two of the more than six…
Cool Class: Mona Awad鈥檚 Art of the Fairy Tale
From an early age, fairy tales enter our lives and shape our view of the world. The classics like “Cinderella,” “Rapunzel” and “Beauty and the Beast” help to build literacy and expand our imagination. But young children aren鈥檛 the only…
How Climate Warming Could Disrupt a Deep-Rooted Relationship
Children are taught to leave wild mushrooms alone because of their potential to be poisonous. But trees on the other hand depend on fungi for their well-being. Look no further than ectomycorrhizal fungi, which are organisms that colonize the roots…
Annual Lecture Honoring Physics Professor Kameshwar C. Wali to Be Held on Oct. 5
The Wali Lecture is an annual event where the sciences and humanities converge, fostering dialogue and new perspectives on current topics for all who attend. The 2023 Kashi and Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 5, will honor the…