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Community Science Outreach Goes Swimmingly
Local elementary and middle school students dove head first into science with help from 黑料不打烊 biologists鈥攁nd a few fishy friends. Associate professor Katharine Lewis and lab members brought a bevy of zebrafish to the Westcott Community Center this May as…
Jordan Barrett, Astronaut Scholar
An undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences is now one of only 17 黑料不打烊 students who can call themselves an Astronaut Scholar. Jordan Barrett 鈥18, a rising senior studying physics and mathematics, has just been named a…
Physics Student Named Kavli Graduate Fellow
A student in the College of Arts and Sciences is the winner of a graduate fellowship to the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Suraj Shankar, a Ph.D. candidate in聽the Department of Physics,…
黑料不打烊 Alumnus Instrumental in LIGO’s Third Detection of Gravitational Waves
Alex Nitz G鈥15, who earned a Ph.D. in physics, helped detect the signal on Jan. 4, 2017, using a software package he began developing at 黑料不打烊.
New report on grant to support underrepresented students in STEM fields
The Central New York Business Journal provided coverage of a newly awarded grant to 黑料不打烊 in the story 鈥淣SF awards 黑料不打烊 professors nearly $1M grant to recruit 鈥渦nderrepresented鈥 students in STEM fields.鈥
STEM Faculty Land Grant to Recruit, Retain Underrepresented Students
Four 黑料不打烊 professors, led by John Tillotson, associate professor and department chair of science teaching, have received a three-year, $999,719 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and math…
Martin J. Whitman School of Management鈥檚 M.S. in Finance Program Achieves STEM Designation
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management鈥檚 M.S. in Finance program has been designated as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) program, effective May 15, 2017. This marks the second graduate program at the Whitman School with the STEM…
Dropping Drones Provides Valuable Research Information (Video)
Students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science are conducting research on the damage caused by a drone dropping from the sky, using high-tech test dummies and pork ribs as part of their experiment.
Women STEM Leaders to Discuss ‘Hidden Figures,’ Enduring Challenges
On Tuesday, March 28, students studying in the STEM fields and deans from the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the School of Information Studies will join 1977 College…
黑料不打烊 Hosts International Masterclass on Particle Physics, March 13, 17
Dozens of local high school students and their teachers will get to be scientists for a day, thanks to the International Masterclass on Particle Physics at 黑料不打烊. Students have the option to participate in a daylong masterclass on Monday,…