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Research Fueled by Chemistry Professors Helps Advance Artificial Enzyme Engineering
While corrosion resistance, durability and low cost make plastic a very efficient resource, one of its major drawbacks is the harm it poses to the environment. According to a report from Greenpeace USA, 51 million tons of plastic waste were generated…
Lender Center for Social Justice Granted $2.7M From MetLife Foundation for Research Initiatives to Help Address Racial Wealth Gap
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Lender Center for Social Justice has been awarded a $2.7 million grant from MetLife Foundation to launch several new research initiatives to accelerate efforts to address the racial wealth gap and help dismantle the root causes of wealth…
Annual Wali Lecture Will Honor the Life and Legacy of Physics Professor Kameshwar C. Wali
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ will hold the 2022 Kashi and Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities on Friday, Nov. 4, to honor the life and legacy of Professor Kameshwar C. Wali, in-person and over Zoom. The program will begin…
Falk Exercise Science Professor Joon Young Kim Receives President’s Volunteer Service Award Â
When Joon Young Kim joined the Department of Exercise Science at Falk College in the fall of 2020, his primary work outside of the classroom focused on patient-oriented clinical research of pediatric obesity and type 2 diabetes. But then the…
Health Care Workers and Home Care Aides Wanted for Hearing Research Study
Are you a home care aide or health care worker who cares for older adults? The Hearing Lab at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is studying the effectiveness of a hearing aid training program for health care workers whose client population is older…
Liu Inducted Into National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hall of Fame
Zhanjiang (John) Liu, professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences and the University’s vice president for international strategy, has been inducted into the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Hall of Fame as the organization’s 2022…
Special Collections Research Center Contributes to the Art Museum’s Exhibition ‘Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time’
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) has selected collection items currently on view at the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Art Museum’s most recent exhibition, “Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time.” On view until Dec. 11, “Precious Metal” is a…
Nominations Sought for Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence
The Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence seeks to recognize members of the University community who have made invaluable contributions to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in two overarching ways—first through commitment to scholarship and research that contributes to new understandings of the world and…
Study Led by Public Health Professor David Larsen Says Wastewater Testing Expected to Work for Most Infectious Diseases
Wastewater surveillance of infectious diseases is expected to work for just about every infectious disease that affects humans, including monkeypox and polio. But more research is needed to apply the science for public health benefit, according to a research team…
BioInspired Institute’s First Symposium Provides Continuing Inspiration for Research Cluster Initiative
Energy. Excitement. Enthusiasm. Opportunity. Those words convey the atmosphere evident at last week’s inaugural BioInspired Institute symposium and the sentiments of students, faculty, staff, University leaders and external stakeholders attending the event to describe the research cluster’s efforts of the…