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Yona Lei Named Recipient of the 2019 Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) has announced that Yongna (Yona) Lei, a senior majoring in biochemistry and minoring in philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of the 2019 Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize. Norma…
Norma Slepecky Memorial Lecturer Benoit-Bird to Discuss ‘Echoes from the Deep’
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE), a program supporting the excellence of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity, is hosting Kelly Benoit-Bird, senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), as the invited…
2018 Nobel Prize Sends Message That ‘Excellence in Physics Isn’t Gendered’
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists from the U.S., France and Canada for their achievements in the field of laser physics. Physicist Donna Strickland of Canada is included in that group, and is the…
Slepecky Lecture, Award Ceremony to Take Place April 4
The Norma Slepecky Memorial Lecture and Undergraduate Research Prize Award Ceremony will take place Wednesday, April 4, at 2:45 p.m. in 304 Schine Student Center. This is a change from the previously announced starting time of 3 p.m. The event…
Science on Mars Time: Roving the Red Planet with Curiosity
The Mars rover Curiosity is a roaming science lab on the Red Planet that is continually sending information to scientists on Earth. One of those scientists is Laurie Leshin, dean of the School of Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI),…
‘A Day with Virginia Valian’ to explore underrepresentation of women in STEM fields
Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity’s Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) will host Virginia Valian, one of the leading experts on gender equality in the academy, on the SU campus on Friday, April 16.