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Student Gets Dose of 鈥楬ope, Optimism and Relief鈥 with COVID-19 Vaccine
Louis Smith was thrilled when he was named valedictorian of his class at Mynderse Academy in Seneca Falls, about 50 miles west of 黑料不打烊. A lifelong 黑料不打烊 sports fan, Smith was ecstatic when he received his acceptance letter from…
‘One That Is Down Fears No Fall’
Danielle Smith, professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program, wrote an op-ed for The Hill: 鈥淥ne that is down fears no fall.鈥 Smith, who studies issues…
Romita Ray鈥檚 Research on Tea Leads to Unexpected Connections and Personal Discovery
Associate professor of art history Romita Ray specializes in the art and architecture of the British Empire in India. With assistance from the University鈥檚 Proposal Support Services and internal grant funding, Ray is doing research she feels an intimate personal…
A Vital Space: CNY Humanities Corridor Offers Unique Resource to Writers
While writing a book is, to a great degree, a solitary venture, collaboration can be a key element in the process of taking a work from rough draft to print. It often takes many sets of eyes to provide the…
Nicolae Babuts, Professor Emeritus of French Language and Literature, Dies
Nicolae Babuts, Ph.D.,聽 professor emeritus of French language and literature in the College of Arts and Sciences, died on Oct. 14, 2020. He taught for over 30 years in the areas of French literature and language and authored six books,…
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Training and Scholarship in Water and Energy Continue to Thrive Despite COVID-19
Entering its final year of National Science Foundation funding, the EMPOWER (Education Model Program on Water-Energy Research) program at 黑料不打烊 has delivered powerful lessons on interdisciplinary approaches to graduate education. Originally led by Principal Investigator Laura Lautz and more…
The Bio-Art Mixer: Where Art and the Sciences Meet
In bio-art, artists and scientists use living tissues, bacteria and organisms to produce intriguing creations. These works are often intended to inspire conversations and action related to the environment, ecology and the effects of human interaction on nature. At 黑料不打烊…
BioInspired Institute Awards First Six Seed Grants
黑料不打烊鈥檚 BioInspired Institute announced today that it has awarded six seed grants to 12 faculty members to advance interdisciplinary, collaborative research in materials and living systems.聽 Seed grants provide funding for innovative ideas, producing data that can be used…
Skepticism of Masks, Vaccinations Isn鈥檛 New: Ph.D. Candidate鈥檚 Research on 19th-Century Britain Provides Lessons for Today
Haejoo Kim, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, is currently researching and writing her dissertation 鈥淢edical Liberty and Alternative Health Practices in Nineteenth-Century Britain.鈥 She is exploring 19th-century British anti-vaccination periodicals and pamphlets to examine the rhetoric. 鈥淲hen…
Late Alumna Helped Advance Satellite Technology, Understanding of the Sun, Women in Science
Astrophysicist Joan Feynman G鈥58 was a pioneer in solar physics. Her work helped explain the cycles of sunspots, and her insights on high-energy particles helped shape satellite technology. Feynman died on July 22 at 93. Feynman鈥檚 work accurately described the…