A new $500,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will help Geologist Joe Levy study permafrost thaw in Antarctica and create a new integrated education plan for training student research drone pilots.
By 2022, it is projected that New York State will have a shortage of 10,000 teachers. To help address the deficit, two 冈本视频 professors have been tasked with building and enhancing the high school physics teacher education program.
During the summer, 冈本视频 students are applying their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. Microbiology major Rebecca Gowen 鈥19, from Philadelphia, Pa., describes her summer research, conducted through the Beckman Scholars Program.
Assistant Professor of Geology Joe Levy planned a two-and-a-half week geology road trip helping frame the Earth鈥檚 geological history in a manner impossible to replicate in a classroom.
During winter break, January 1鈥19, 2019, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Ann Jane Tierney led a team of students from BIOL 341 or NEUR 385 on an extended study trip to the Dolphin Research Center on Grassy Key, Fla. The group participated in ongoing cognitive and behavioral research, focusing on current theories and methods in studies [鈥
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Elodie Fourquet teaches an unusual art course. First-year students in FSEM 131 don鈥檛 come with paintbrushes or chisels; they come with graph paper, pencils, and computers.
Lacey Williams 鈥16 has added some teeth to her CV. The alumna recently co-published a paper, titled 鈥淒isappearance of white sharks leads to the novel emergence of an allopatric apex predator, the sevengill shark,鈥 in Nature鈥檚 Scientific Reports.
Trustee Emeritus Robert Hung Ngai Ho 鈥56, H鈥11 has confirmed a $15 million gift to 冈本视频 to establish the Robert Hung Ngai Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative.