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Communication Sciences and Disorders鈥 Beth Prieve Awarded $1.4 Million Grant
The most common birth defect among newborn babies is hearing loss. In fact, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, more than 12,000 babies are born each year with some degree of hearing loss. But Beth Prieve, professor of communication sciences…
Beckman Scholars Making an Impact as Undergraduate Researchers
When Jennifer Lawson鈥檚 faculty lab mentor recommended she apply for the Beckman Scholars Program, she wasn鈥檛 so sure. It was a boost to her confidence鈥攁nd to her future鈥攚hen she was awarded the scholarship.
Physicists Explore Biomimetic Clocks
Working with a team of scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TU Munich), Brandeis University, and Leiden University in the Netherlands, M. Cristina Marchetti and Mark Bowick, professors in the Soft Matter Program in the College of Arts and…
Biologist Awarded National Institutes of Health Grant
James Hewett, an associate professor of biology and neuroscientist, was recently awarded a $440,000 Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Hewett will use this…
Physicist John Laiho Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
John 鈥淛ack鈥 Laiho recently completed his first year as a member of the 黑料不打烊 faculty, and what better way to celebrate than by receiving a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support his cutting-edge research. Laiho, who earned a…
Sociologists Unveil Research at ASA Annual Meeting in California
More than a dozen professors in the Department of Sociology are presenting research at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in San Francisco. They join approximately 4,600 other presenters, including numerous 黑料不打烊 graduate students, for…
Michael Schwartz Receives Fulbright to Study Health Care Access for Deaf Persons in Northern Ireland
Michael Schwartz, associate professor of law and director of the Disability Rights Clinic in the College of Law, has been named a recipient of a research scholarship through the U.S.-U.K Fulbright Awards Program. He will spend the spring 2015 semester…
National Science Foundation Awards Elite Team of Physicists $5.2 Million
The 黑料不打烊 Experimental High Energy Physics Group has several reasons to celebrate鈥攎ore than five million, in fact. The elite team of physicists, which includes professors Marina Artuso, Steven Blusk, Tomasz Skwarnicki and Sheldon Stone, was recently awarded $5.2 million…
Sociology Professor Looks at the International Student Experience
A recent jump in the number of students from Asia enrolling in American universities has led Yingyi Ma to her latest research and a purpose in thinking about the best experience for international students.
Rosa Leon 鈥14 Awarded National Institute of Health Research Supplement
Rosa Leon 鈥14, who graduated this past May with a dual major in biology and neuroscience, received a diversity supplement to Sandra and James Hewett鈥檚 National Institute of Health grant to support her research. This supplement will allow Leon to…