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Two Arts and Sciences Professors Receive Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
Two professors in the College of Arts and Sciences were among 41 researchers from around the country selected as recipients of 2022-23 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards聽from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU).聽Eric Coughlin, assistant professor of physics,…
Professor Goode鈥檚 Tolley Professorship Focus: Creating Climate Change Teaching Materials, Partnerships
The Humanities play an instrumental role in shaping thinking about the past, present and future of environmental and climate change issues. Scientists can present hard data about the climate crisis and other ecological challenges. But it is humanists who are…
Professor Jianshun ‘Jensen’ Zhang Named Executive Director of 黑料不打烊 Center of Excellence
黑料不打烊 has named a new executive director to lead the 黑料不打烊 Center of Excellence (黑料不打烊CoE) in Environmental and Energy Systems. Jianshun 鈥淛ensen鈥 Zhang, a longtime professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), begins in that role…
9 Faculty Members Presented NSF CAREER Awards
A total of nine 黑料不打烊 faculty members have received CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development program during the 2021-22 academic year. This is the largest number of the prestigious NSF awards earned in…
Two Professors Win Prestigious Google Research Scholar Awards
Assistant Professors Ferdinando Fioretto and Endadul Hoque, faculty members in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, have earned highly competitive Google Research Scholar awards. The Google Research Scholar Program provides unrestricted gifts of up to $60,000 to support research…
Irina Savinetskaya Joins Special Collections Research Center as Early to Pre-20th Century Curator
Irina Savinetskaya has joined 黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥 Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) as curator, early to pre-20th century, effective June 13. Prior to joining the Libraries, Savinetskaya was a cataloguer and researcher for Martayan Lan Rare Books, a leading rare…
Accomplished Physicist Duncan Brown Appointed 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Next Vice President for Research
Gretchen Ritter, vice chancellor, provost and chief academic officer, today announced Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics and an accomplished physicist, has been appointed 黑料不打烊鈥檚 next vice president for research. Brown鈥檚 appointment, which was approved by…
The Study Council Sponsors CNY Book Study to Promote Equity-Focused School Leadership
An example of the School of Education’s extensive collaboration with regional school districts鈥攁s well as its commitment to inclusive, equitable and antiracist education鈥擳he Study Council鈥檚 2021-2022 CNY Book Study wrapped up on May 18. This year鈥檚 book鈥 “Five Practices for…
AFRL-黑料不打烊 Consider Quantum Research Pairing, Student Opportunities for Future Collaborations
More than 30 黑料不打烊 faculty and leaders and representatives from the U.S. Air Force Research Lab convened on campus on May 6 to ideate around future collaboration opportunities. These include combined research initiatives in quantum information science and quantum…
Maxwell Professor Herrold Awarded Fulbright to Study Grassroots Community Change in Serbia
Increasingly around the world, citizens are tapping local resources and volunteerism to organize social change outside of established norms and institutions. The distinct ways people mobilize and sustain those initiatives are what Catherine Herrold will study with her recently announced…