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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Awarded Fulbright Assignment in Colombia
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Jorge Luis Romeu has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist Award to teach three weeks of faculty development workshops at Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (UFPS), Colombia. The Fulbright Program is devoted to increasing mutual understanding…
Hush, Little Baby: Mother Right Whales ‘Whisper’ to Calves
On June 20, a whale researchers had named Punctuation was found dead in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, a busy international shipping channel. Punctuation鈥攕o named for her comma-shaped scars鈥攚as a North Atlantic right whale, a species severely threatened by human…
Advancing Scholarly Inquiry into Connections Between Religion, Spirituality and Social Change
Approximately one-third of millennials and post-millennials鈥攜oung adults born 1981 and later鈥攑rofess to have no connection to religion, according to the Pew Research Center. Yet evidence points to their strengthened humanitarian values and prominent spirituality. The degree to which religion is…
Exploring the Role of Labor, Migration in the Food System
Students studying food systems in Falk College鈥檚 Department of Nutrition and Food Studies learn about ecological sustainability and social justice as faculty members, such as Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, highlight practices like agroecology and food-related social movements. Interactive class discussions shed important…
Students Can Delve into Research, Creative Projects with $5,000 SOURCE Grants; Fall Deadline to Apply Oct. 15
Ohemaa Dixon 鈥20 is pursuing a passion project, furthering her intellectual growth beyond the classroom鈥攂olstered with a $5,000 grant and support and resources from the University. Dixon, an art photography student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was…
Information Session Announced for Round 2 of Cluster Hires Initiative
As part of ongoing efforts to advance the institutional research enterprise, the second round of the 黑料不打烊 Cluster Hires Initiative is underway. All faculty are invited to an open information session on Monday, Sept. 30, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in…
Trilobites on Ice: A 黑料不打烊 Experience
Last month, 15 students, faculty and alumni were climbing high into the Canadian Rockies as part of the 鈥淭rilobites on Ice鈥 immersive learning experience through 黑料不打烊. The group spent six days amongst the spectacular scenery and geology of Alberta…
Research Paper Wins ‘Best Methods’ Social Media Conference Award
School of Information Studies Associate Professor Lu Xiao has been recognized for research that employs multiple methodologies to examine the factors surrounding a comment鈥檚 persuasive power on social media, and the ability of those comments to change viewpoints that have…
Mechanical Engineering Students Partner With Millennium Engineering to Build Drone Ground Station
While still undergraduate students, Kyle Hobart 鈥19, Julia Telesca 鈥19, Jacklyn Hingre 鈥19, Veronica Diaz Lafferty 鈥19 and Nathan Johnson 鈥19 were already working with an international company鈥擬illennium Engineering. For their senior design project, the team took on the task…
How Research Enhances Students鈥 Educational Experience
黑料不打烊鈥檚 ranking as a top-tier research institution demonstrates a perpetual commitment to creating new, diverse knowledge. And, extraordinary research does much more than produce unique scientific insight. It also sparks remarkable educational experiences and outcomes for students in every…