STEM
Setting the Agenda in Biology Research: 2 Professors Join NIH Peer Review Committees
The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) is known as the 鈥済ateway鈥� for National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications. Expert peer review groups鈥攁lso called study sections鈥攆ormed by the CSR assess more than 75% of the thousands of research grant applications…
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…
iSchool Student Selected for Highly Competitive Data Librarianship Internship
Katya Mueller, a student in the School of Information Studies’ master of library and information science (MLIS) program, was selected as a 2023 National Center for Data Services data librarianship internship participant. Mueller, who plans to graduate in spring 2024,…
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…
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…
Center for Sustainable Community Solutions and Environmental Finance Center Announces New Director
The College of Engineering and Computer Science is pleased to announce the transition of Melissa Young into a new role as director of the Center for Sustainable Community Solutions-Environmental Finance Center (CSCS-EFC) at 黑料不打烊. CSCS-EFC is housed within the…
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Attends UN Session on Reducing Plastic Pollution
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Svetoslava Todorova attended the second session of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee on Plastics this summer in Paris, France. Todorova was invited as an academic expert based on her research on the environment,…
Experts Say Federal Agency or Global Organization Should Govern AI, New Survey Co-sponsored by Two University Institutes Finds
A new survey co-sponsored by two 黑料不打烊 institutes finds that a majority of computer science experts at top U.S research universities want to see the creation of a new federal agency or global organization to govern artificial intelligence (AI)….
Q&A With School of Information Studies Dean Andrew Sears: Seeing Countless Opportunities in the Ever-Changing Tech World
In the rapidly changing world of technology, School of Information Studies Dean Andrew Sears knows it鈥檚 hard to predict how technology and the iSchool will evolve if you look too far into the future. But, he knows if you pay…