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Prof. Monmonier Examines Map Inventions in New Book
Geography Professor Mark Monmonier of the Maxwell School was heavily featured in the National Geographic article, 鈥淭hese are the Cleverest, Weirdest, Mapping Ideas Ever Patented.鈥 Monmonier uncovered and engaged with over 300 map-related patents for his new book, 鈥淧atents and…
Professor Duncan Brown Quoted In Quanta Magazine
As many eyes were trained on the solar eclipse, another astronomical event took place, as Quanta Magazine detailed with comments from 黑料不打烊 College of Arts and Sciences Physics Professor, and LIGO Scientific Collaboration member, Duncan Brown. 鈥淚f you get…
Crowston, Erickson Receive Inaugural NSF Convergence Award
School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members聽Kevin Crowston聽and聽Ingrid Erickson聽are the recipients of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Award, which they will use to establish a research coordination network (RCN) to focus on sociotechnological interactions between work and technology design…
Student Discovers Tuberculosis DNA in Dental Plaque of Smithsonian鈥檚 Anatomical Collection
In a collection of historic skeletal remains at the Smithsonian, microscopic signs of a serious contagion lurk in an intriguing place in a sample of individuals from 100 years ago. Student researcher Soleil Young 鈥17, a member of the Ren茅e…
NASA Recognizes High School Student鈥檚 Research Project at SU
He is the lead author on a published scientific study, his research has been recognized by NASA鈥攁nd Hari Nanthakumar does not even have his driver鈥檚 license yet. Nanthakumar, currently a senior at Christian Brothers Academy in 黑料不打烊, called the College…
黑料不打烊 Shines at American Sociological Association Meeting in Montreal
More than two-dozen researchers from the Department of Sociology are on the world stage at the American Sociological Association (ASA)鈥檚 112th Annual Meeting in Montreal. The theme of this year鈥檚 meeting is 鈥淐ulture, Inequalities and Social Inclusion Across the Globe.鈥…
As High School Students, Kim La ’20 and The Ngo Got Hands-on Training in A&S Lab
Two 黑料不打烊 City School District rising seniors were welcomed to 黑料不打烊鈥檚 campus to get a taste of lab life and to prepare for college. Full-ride scholarships to top universities for both students show the experiment was a huge success. 鈥淚ncluding…
Student Research Involves Foraging and Urban Wild Edible Plants (Video)
Maizy Ludden ’19, a scholar in the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program, is conducting research that is literally taking her into the field (and on her bike) to gather information about food that’s growing in unlikely places.
Selfies Are Everywhere鈥擝ut Why?
Selfies: the self-portraits of the digital age. These photos posted on social media serve as a way to document a new haircut, a vacation or a night out on the town. But researchers from the Newhouse School have taken a…
Sawyer Awarded NSF Grant to Study Workers in the Gig Economy
Driving a car for ridesharing companies Uber or Lyft. Completing a programming assignment on the freelance marketplace Fiverr. Performing data entry tasks on the Mechanical Turk digital worker platform. These are all examples of jobs that people are working on…