Young Astronomer Sally Dodson-Robinson Receives Prestigious Career Grant from National Science Foundation
Dodson-Robinson will use funding to support her research program called "Giant Planets in Dusty Disks."
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Science Student Entrepreneurs Give A Hoot
Three-student team started Hoot.me, an application that turns Facebook into a study tool.
Allen Bard Awarded Grant to Improve Energy Storage on the Grid
Chemist Allen Bard has been awarded a grant to improve energy storage capacity on the electric grid.
Marine Scientists Awarded $5.6 Million for Study of Critical Arctic Environment
The grant will allow for extensive study of the Hanna Shoal area in the Chukchi Sea, an area valued highly by the oil industry for offshore drilling.
Peter Stone Named 2011 Yahoo! Faculty Research and Engagement Program Recipient
Computer science professor Peter Stone has been named a 2011 Yahoo! Faculty Research and Engagement Program (FREP) recipient.
Marine Science Institute Receives $7 Million Grant to Study the Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
The grant is the largest in the Marine Science Institute's 70-year history.
Computer Scientist Brent Waters Selected as Microsoft Research Faculty Fellow
Microsoft Research has selected Assistant Professor Brent Waters as one of eight Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows of 2011. Waters studies cryptography and computer security. His research is laying the foundation for a new vision of encryption called Functional Encryption. Instead of encrypting to individual users, in a Functional Encryption syst...The Winners Are
Congratulations to our recent award winners in the College of Natural Sciences! Steve Lu and Eileen Martin have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships, the premier undergraduate award of its type in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering. Read more... Genevieve Allen, a Dean’s Scholars Honors Biology major, has been selected as a 2011...
Natural Sciences Students Named Goldwater Scholars
Undergraduates Steve Lu and Eileen Martin awarded the premier undergraduate award in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering.
National Science Foundation Grant Helps Preserve and Digitize Fossil Collections
Fragile fossils as old as 55 million years will soon be protected, digitized and made accessible to researchers through $350,000 grant.
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