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Eleanor Maine Receives Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching
Eleanor Maine, professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is the 2022 recipient of the William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. A&S Dean Karin Ruhlandt formally conferred the prize on her at the…
Black Hole Image Shows Einstein Was Right, Once Again
Today a team of astronomers announced they successfully captured the first direct image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Duncan Brown is the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 College of…
4 Years Unlike Anything Else: Reflecting on Life on the 黑料不打烊 Campus
When the members of the Class of 2022 walked onto the 黑料不打烊 campus in the fall of 2018, none of them could predict the unprecedented journey that awaited them over the next four years. An unknown, fast-spreading global health…
Investing in the Bedrock of Discovery: New Endowed Professorship in Quantum Science
Kathy Walters 鈥73 and her husband, Stan 鈥72, can look back over 50 years and easily track the impact 黑料不打烊 had on their lives, but their newest gift to their alma mater looks far into the future, for generations…
An Endowed Gift That Improves Prospects for the 鈥極nlys鈥
Throughout much of her adulthood, Christine (Chris) A. Carona 鈥85 has either experienced or witnessed the 鈥淥nlys鈥濃攁 term used to describe what it feels like to be the only woman or member of an unrepresented group in the room at…
Office of Veteran and Military Affairs Announces Spring 2022 Military-Connected Scholarship Recipients
The Office of Veterans and Military Affairs (OVMA) is pleased to announce the following awardees of military-connected student spring 2022 scholarships. These awards provide meaningful financial assistance to military-connected students as part of the University鈥檚 commitment to being the best…
9 Professors Presented With Graduate Education Excellence Awards
They are inspirational teachers and notable scholars whose work expands the reputation of the University and guides student research paths. They are mentors who become sources of personal and professional support for students who are far from home or having…
Viewing a Microcosm Through a Physics Lens
鈥淲hat can physics offer biology?鈥 This was how聽Alison Patteson, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ physics department and a faculty member in the BioInspired Institute, began the explanation of why her physics lab was studying bacteria. In…
University鈥檚 Top Putnam Math Competition Finisher Awarded Inaugural Erd艖s Prize
Junior Connor Ritchie has won the聽Department of Mathematics鈥櫬爄naugural Erd艖s Prize for being 黑料不打烊鈥檚 top finisher in the聽William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. The Putnam contest is the preeminent mathematics competition for undergraduate college students in the United States and Canada,…
Over 100 A&S Students Share Work at Undergraduate Research Festival
The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) hosted one of the University鈥檚 largest in-person undergraduate research festivals on April 22. The event offered a sneak peek of scholarly possibilities to current and also admitted students who were on campus for…