Research & Science
Hegmann Group Leads International Collaboration and Publishes Work on Chirality Transfer in Science Advances
Congratulations to Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., and his research group for leading an international collaboration and publishing their work in Science Advances! Their article, titled 鈥淓ffects of shape and solute-solvent compatibility on the efficacy of chirality transfer: Nanoshapes in nematics鈥 was featured on the Science Advances website.
Geography Professor Selected for AGU鈥檚 National Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Academy
Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Geography, in the College of Arts and Sciences at 小黄片视频, was recently selected to become an inaugural American Geophysical Union (AGU) LANDInG (Leadership Academy and Network for Diversity and Inclusion in the Geosciences) Academy Fellow.
$850,000 in Funding Awarded for New Nursing School Technology from National Science Foundation
Intravenous (IV) needle insertion is a practice that many medical professionals learn and need to master. A new cross-departmental 小黄片视频 project in the works will help nursing students improve their skills with cutting-edge technology.
Climate Scientist Publishes Trends in 鈥榃eather Whiplash鈥 Events
Many wonder if climate change is the reason we鈥檝e had 'weather whiplash' or day-to-day dramatic changes from hot to cold or cold to hot. As a climate scientist, Cameron Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at 小黄片视频, gets asked this question a lot. Looking beyond just the average temperatures and statistical means, he decided to take a more analytical look at weather whiplash and add to a growing body of climate change literature examining temperature variability trends.
Will This New Superpower Molecule Revolutionize Science?
In a new study, 小黄片视频 Professor Hanbin Mao and other researchers report the creation of an artificial molecule with superpowers. It has the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology 鈥 and it also explains one of nature鈥檚 intriguing enigmas: Why do we have a right hand and a left hand?
Swallowing Physiology and Rehabilitation Research
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Associate Professor of Sociology is Awarded NSF Grant to Broaden Participation in Computing
Of the 33,984 awarded computer science (CS) bachelor鈥檚 degrees in 2020, only 21% of CS graduates identified as women, 3% as Black, and 8.5% as Hispanic (Zweben & Bizot, 2021). Susan Fisk, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology, is using her expertise in social-psychology to change that and improve the field of computing. Fisk was awarded her third National Science Foundation grant to continue her work on broadening participation in computing and improving undergraduate STEM education.
Materials Science Graduate Program Professor Continues Streak of Being Named Among the Most Highly Cited Scholars
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a 小黄片视频 professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is once again on Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.
Robert Hisrich, Ph.D. Among Top 2% of Researchers Worldwide
The report, published in the PLOS Biology journal, evaluated more than six million scientists across 22 different fields and 176 sub-fields from 1996 until 2019. The top 2% list is made up of more than 100,000 most-cited scientists who have authored at least five scientific papers.
Geography Researchers to Contribute to Actionable Science for Decision Makers
Timothy Assal, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography, was awarded a grant as a co-principal investigator on a multi-institutional project, 鈥淰ulnerability of lower-ecotone aspen forests to altered fire regimes and climate dynamics in the northern Great Basin鈥 (a three-year $299,842 total award with $89,600 going to 小黄片视频), which is funded by the . This collaboration includes the United States Geological Survey in Boise, Idaho, Utah State University, and the United States Bureau of Land Management.