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SU ADVANCE Generates Gains for Women in STEM
On Oct. 25, members of 黑料不打烊 faculty, administrators, students and friends gathered to celebrate the progress achieved by a seven-year initiative to advance opportunity for women faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The National Science Foundation鈥檚…
Physicist Seeks Big Answers from Tiny Particles
A large聽National Science Foundation (NSF) grant聽allows聽Mitchell Soderberg, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, to lead a team researching particle physics in the ongoing quest to explain how the universe works. Soderberg鈥檚 research involves measuring how…
Professor Zhen Ma Receives 2017 Lush Prize for Young Researcher (Americas)
Zhen Ma, biomedical and chemical engineering professor聽in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, was selected聽as the winner of the 2017 Lush Prize for Young Researcher (Americas). The Lush Prize, now in its sixth year, is a collaboration between cosmetics…
Exploring Evolution Acceptance for Better Science Education
Understanding the nature of science is the greatest predictor of evolution acceptance in college students, a new study finds. With a minority of American adults fully accepting evolution, the fundamental principle of biological science, this research provides guidance for educators…
Strong Showing for Orange Hacker鈥檚 Association at National Cybersecurity Competitions
The students in the聽Orange Hacker鈥檚 Association聽are 鈥渨hite hat hackers鈥濃攈ackers who test cybersecurity programs not to break them, but to help make them safer. 鈥淧eople think of it as a very bad thing, but actually a hacker is just someone who…
Researchers Combine Experimentation, Simulation to Understand Chronic Infections
People who suffer from chronic infections, such as Lyme disease, are forced to resign themselves to the fact that they will live with the disease for the rest of their lives. Researchers in the聽College of Engineering and Computer Science聽are taking…
NYSSTLC Helps Write ModoScript鈥檚 Next Chapter
Not every entrepreneur鈥檚 prescription for success is exactly the same, but there are often many ingredients in common: a novel idea, a vision of success, hard yards, a dash of luck and a carefully cultivated network of advisors, mentors, investors…
Meredith Symposium to Showcase Undergraduate Science Research Nov. 4
Undergraduate research will be on display at a daylong science symposium in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). On Saturday, Nov. 4, A&S will host the聽Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences聽from 9…
Yale Physicist to Deliver 10th Annual Wali Lecture Oct. 26
The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) will celebrate the 10th anniversary of one of its premier lecture series with a program by a renowned theoretical astrophysicist. Priyamvada Natarajan, professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, will deliver this…
Humanities Degrees Are Still Necessary
Gerald Greenberg, associate professor of Russian and Linguistics and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Arts and Sciences, talks to the Washington Post on the importance of a humanities degree. 鈥淭he value of a college education…