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Sloan Foundation Funds Expanding Smart-Energy Device Privacy Study
The Sloan Foundation has awarded funding to expand the efforts of two School of Information Studies (iSchool) researchers who are looking at the issue of data privacy regarding smart energy-reading meters鈥攁nd now, additional smart home devices. A foundation award of…
Ph.D. Student Awarded Grant to Help People in Pain Quit Smoking
A Ph.D. student in the College of Arts and Sciences is using a grant award to help people in pain quit smoking. Emily Zale, a student in the clinical psychology program in the Department of Psychology, has been awarded a…
Lambright Awarded Research Grant from IBM
Harry Lambright, professor of public administration and international affairs and political science, has been awarded a research grant from IBM for his study 鈥淩eplacing the Shuttle: Leadership, Change, and Public-Private Innovation.鈥 An expert in space policy, Lambright has completed numerous…
Simons Foundation Funds Physics, Mathematics Researchers
Four professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have received major grant awards from the Simons Foundation, a global organization advancing research in basic science and mathematics. M. Cristina Marchetti, the William R. Kenan Professor of Physics, is the…
University Integral to Advanced LIGO Success
This week鈥檚 inauguration of Advanced LIGO facilities in Richland, Wash., and Livingston, La., is a potent reminder of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 long-standing importance in the international astrophysics community. For nearly 25 years, the University鈥檚 participation in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave…
Physicists Aid in Discovery of Subatomic Process
Distinguished Professor Sheldon Stone says the discovery came about when two LHC experiments recently combined their results and found overwhelming evidence of an extremely rare decay of a particle known as the Bs meson, which contains a bottom, or 鈥渂,鈥 quark and an anti-strange quark.
Biologist Lands Three-Year NIH Grant Award
Melissa Pepling, associate professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a major grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her ongoing work in ovarian biology. She is the recipient of a three-year,…
黑料不打烊 Triumphs at ACC 鈥楳eeting of the Minds鈥 Conference
黑料不打烊 was on display at the 10th annual Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Meeting of the Minds (MOM) Conference, recently held at North Carolina State University. Seven undergraduates, all with ties to the College of Arts and Sciences, produced a…
From Broken Fingers to Top NSBE Research Honor
For most people, breaking three knuckles would inspire nothing more than a pained shriek and a trip to the emergency room. For Chelsea Stephens 鈥15, it was motivation to follow a path that led to her earning first place in…
Student鈥檚 Philanthropy Leads to NSF Fellowship in Mercury Research
Jacqueline Gerson, a graduate student in environmental engineering science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has earned a highly competitive graduate fellowship from the National Science Foundation.聽The award will fund her research on mercury contamination from artisanal gold…