STEM
Creating STEM Career Pathways for Local High Schoolers
Thanks to a new National Science Foundation grant, Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ University’s physics department doubles the number of Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-area high school participants in their paid summer internship program. STEM jobs are quickly becoming the backbone of America. By 2031, STEM occupations are projected…
New Sign In Screen Launching Sept. 17
Effective Sept. 17, the Microsoft Sign in experience for students, faculty and staff will feature a new look that reflects University branding guidelines. The new Sign in screen will help users distinguish between the University-sanctioned portal and other Sign in…
Innovator From the Mathematics Department Receives the Abraham Wald Prize
Professor Pinyuen Chen from the Department of Mathematics has received an award that honors the best publication each year from the Journal of Sequential Analysis. The Abraham Wald Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of sequential…
BioInspired Wins NSF Grant to Develop Graduate Training Program in Emergent Intelligence
Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ University’s BioInspired Institute has been awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship Program for the creation of an interdisciplinary training program for doctoral students in emergent intelligence. The program, NRT-URoL: Emergent Intelligence…
Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵCoE Awards Nearly $200K for 11 New Faculty Fellow Projects Supporting Research and Innovation
The Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems at Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ University (Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵCoE) has awarded $198,851 in 2024 Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵCoE Faculty Fellow awards to support 11 research and innovation projects led by faculty members from Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ University and SUNY College…
Chemistry Professor Collaborates With Brookhaven National Laboratory
Tiny but mighty semiconductors named Quantum dots (Qdots) could someday drive hyper-powerful computers. Qdots are crystals squeezed in a space just a few nanometers in diameter. They are used today in products such as solar cells or LEDs and work…
Physics Professor Craig Cahillane Wins 2024 ARPA-E IGNIITE Award
Craig Cahillane, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named an Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2024 (IGNIITE 2024) award recipient. As one of only 23 winners across the…
Registration Open for Fall 2024 NSF I-Corps Innovation Course
The University will host a free, virtual U.S. National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) regional course this fall 2024, from Aug. 30 to Oct. 2. Register by Aug. 7. The program is for university-based science, technology, engineering and math…
Graduate Student Pardha Sourya Nayani Receives IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Fellowship Award
Pardha Sourya Nayani G’28, a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS), has received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Fellowship Award. The award is for his research on “Unleashing Bandwidth:…
Scientists Untangle Interactions Between Earth’s Early Life Forms, Environment Over 500M Years
The atmosphere, the ocean and life on Earth interacted over the past 500-plus million years in ways that improved conditions for early organisms to thrive. Now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists has produced a perspective article of this co-evolutionary history…