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STEM Career Expert Josh Henkin to Visit Campus, Present Doctoral/Postdoctoral Workshops鈥
Nationally recognized career expert Josh Henkin will visit campus next month to offer a series of workshops for doctoral students and postdoctoral associates who are preparing to seek industry or government positions in STEM.鈥 Henkin is founder of career coaching…
LaunchPad Announces 2023 鈥機use Tank Winners
黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥 Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) hosted its annual 鈥機use Tank entrepreneurial competition Nov. 3 during Family Weekend in Bird Library. More than 35 student entrepreneurs participated from various schools and colleges across campus in a 鈥淪hark-Tank鈥 style business pitch…
Rachel Steinhardt Awarded NSF Grant to Study Brain Chemistry
Rachel Steinhardt, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation for her project, Chemical Tools for Bio-Orthogonal Neuromodulation. One of the most perplexing challenges in neuroscience is how to explain…
$3M Awarded to Hydronic Shell Technologies to Pilot New Building Technology in 黑料不打烊
The 黑料不打烊 Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (黑料不打烊CoE) is pleased to announce that Hydronic Shell Technologies is the recipient of a $3 million grant from the Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge. A nationwide competition administered by Enterprise Community…
Bedrock of Success: Female Earth and Environmental Sciences Scholars Carry on a Legacy of Mentorship
In the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences聽(EES), women have served as leaders and mentors dating back to the early 1980s, a time when the field was predominantly comprised of men. The legacy of…
Research Shows Wastewater Testing Improves Predictions for COVID-19 Hospital Admissions
Testing wastewater for COVID-19 provides a better forecast of new COVID hospital admissions than clinical data, according to a 黑料不打烊 research team led by postdoctoral researcher Dustin Hill. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a burden on the U.S. health…
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Highlights Leadership, Community and Empowerment
Karen Herrera ’24 knows all too well how much work goes into running a student organization. Having started as the events coordinator for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) at 黑料不打烊, she now serves as the current co-president,…
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Receives Legend Award From the Deep Foundations Institute
The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) recognized Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Sam Clemence as a recipient of a DFI Legends Award on Nov. 2. This award was established to honor practitioners that have made significant contributions and advancements to the…
American Physical Society Honors Professor Alison Patteson
Alison E. Patteson, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been recognized by the American Physical Society (APS) with a national prize. Patteson received the 2024 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement by…
A&S Physicist Awarded 2 NIH R01 Grants for Cutting-Edge Biosensor Design Work
The National Institutes of Health鈥檚 R01 grants are among the organization鈥檚 oldest and most prestigious awards presented to investigators conducting biomedical research. With only around a 20% success rate per application, receiving just one of these highly selective grants in…