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NSF Grant in Biology Aims to Boost STEM Student Retention Through Hands-On Research
As technology advances, companies face a growing need to hire graduates skilled in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). However, finding the ideal candidate can be difficult at times due to a limited pool of applicants. Part of the reason…
Alexander Maloney Named Inaugural Walters Endowed Professor for Quantum Science
Alexander Maloney, an international leader in quantum information science, joins the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) this fall as the inaugural Kathy and Stan Walters Endowed Professor of Quantum Science. Maloney, a researcher who investigates fundamental questions in theoretical…
Tool to Enhance the Taste and Texture of Sourdough
When millions of people聽went into lockdown聽during the聽pandemic, they went in search of new at-home hobbies to help cure their boredom. Among them was making sourdough bread. In addition to being sustainable for its use of natural ingredients and traditional methods…
Can Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy Help Prevent Autism and Schizophrenia?
The neocortex, or 鈥渢hinking brain,鈥 accounts for over 75% of the brain鈥檚 total volume and plays a critical role in humans鈥 decision-making, processing of sensory information, and formation and retrieval of memories. Uniquely human traits such as advanced social behavior…
University and Community Partners Help WCNY Form New Spanish-Language Radio Station
An important resource never before available to the greater Central New York and Mohawk Valley region鈥攁 Spanish-language radio station鈥攈as come to fruition through an initiative shaped by PBS affiliate WCNY and a number of community members, including several faculty and…
Secrets Behind Our Universe鈥檚 Existence Revealed
It takes sophisticated technology to study the behavior of invisible particles like neutrinos and cosmic rays, which pass through our bodies every second before zooming back off into the universe without us even knowing. While they might be tiny, these…
Grammy-Winning Singer Dua Lipa鈥檚 Book Club Spotlights Professor George Saunders
Bestselling author and professor of English George Saunders G鈥88 has received numerous accolades in his literary career. His book, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” won the 2017 Man Booker Prize; his most recent work, “Liberation Day,” was chosen as one of…
‘Reflect the People Who Visit鈥: Arts Education Alumna Helps Make the MOST More Inclusive
Since 2008, the Upstate Medical University Life Sciences exhibition at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) has fascinated millions of visitors. With giant reproductions of human body parts, it allows mini pathologists to explore internal anatomy and organs common…
50 Years of Advancing Language Proficiency for a Multilingual World
In 1974, students wearing mood rings and flared pants strode across campus, toting paperback copies of 鈥淛aws鈥 or 鈥淐arrie鈥 while making plans to see 鈥淭he Great Gatsby鈥 or 鈥淭he Godfather Part II鈥 at the local movie theater (where tickets cost…
Funding Research That Improves Health and Shortens 鈥楤ench to Bedside鈥 Time
Doctoral students in clinical psychology聽Alexa Deyo 鈥21 and Alison Vrabec G鈥23 spent their summer testing a theory that a certain kind of therapeutic technique called motivational interviewing could improve sleep and overall health among adolescents. According to the National Institutes…