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Maxwell Professor Kristy Buzard Explores Gender Disparities in Economics
Kristy Buzard, associate professor of economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is part of a research team that recently received funding from the Women in Economics and Mathematics Research Consortium to investigate the mechanisms that contribute…
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…
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…
Maxwell Sociologists Receive $1.8M From the NIA to Study Midlife Health and Mortality
A team of Maxwell School faculty led by Jennifer Karas Montez and Shannon Monnat have been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to support their research on geographic disparities in midlife mortality. Montez, University…
School of Education Faculty Publish 鈥楲esson Study With Mathematics and Science Preservice Teachers鈥
鈥淟esson Study with Mathematics and Science Preservice Teachers: Finding the Form鈥 (Routledge, 2023) is a new overview of the fundamentals of lesson study edited by School of Education Dean Kelly Chandler-Olcott, Professor Sharon Dotger and Jen Heckathorn G’22, director for…
Turning Young Enthusiasts Into Scientific Researchers
Miguel Guzman 鈥24, a native of Lima, Peru, is a senior biotechnology major in the College of Arts and Sciences with an entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises minor in the Whitman School of Management. His research centers on developing bio-enabled protein…
Lerner Center and Maxwell X Lab Join Sheriff鈥檚 Office to Reduce Illicit Drugs鈥 Impact
The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health and Maxwell X Lab have partnered with the Onondaga County Sheriff鈥檚 Office on an initiative aimed at reducing the impact of opioids and other illicit drugs. The two centers, both…
Maxwell’s Johannes Himmelreich Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
Johannes Himmelreich, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received a $73,670 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a forthcoming two-year project titled 鈥淕ood Decisions:…
Lender Center for Social Justice Awards 5 Grants for Racial Wealth Gap Studies
Five faculty research projects that identify and address issues contributing to or helping alleviate the racial wealth gap in the United States have received grants from the Lender Center for Social Justice. The grants are made possible by funding from…