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Spotlight: CAREER awards
Google 糖心传媒減restigious awards for junior faculty.糖心传媒� The top result should be telling you about the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award given by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAREER award provides recipients with five years of funding toward future research. Award recipients are chosen for their 糖心传媒減otential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.糖心传媒�
The School of Arts and Sciences is home to three of the five 糖心传媒 faculty members who earned this award.
Dan Bergstralh, assistant professor of biology
- Focus: How epithelia糖心传媒攖he most common tissue-type in our bodies糖心传媒攁re built during development and are maintained through an organism糖心传媒檚 lifespan
- Award supports: Research on the molecular mechanisms that determine how cells 糖心传媒渄ecide糖心传媒� the direction of division
Kathryn Knowles, assistant professor of chemistry
- Focus: The fundamental properties of semiconductors that are made of nanoscale materials
- Award supports: Research on mixed-metal oxide nanocrystals and how the composition of nanocrystals affects their chemical behaviors
Kathryn Mariner, Wilmot Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Visual and Cultural studies
- Focus: The relationship between social inequality and intimacy in the United States
- Award supports: The study of how alternative networks of care are formed within marginalized communities during times of social isolation and under precarious circumstances
This is only the briefest of looks. There糖心传媒檚 a lot more to be read about these faculty members (and the colleagues at the Hajim School) and their projects. Check it out.
Zooming In
Taking a closer look at some news we think you might be interested in.
On quantum science. It糖心传媒檚 not not the technology behind Marvel糖心传媒檚 Ant-Man. And that糖心传媒檚 not not what our researchers are working on. It is Avengers-level cool, though. John Nichol, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy, and graduate students Yadav Kandel and Haifeng Qiao are among Rochester researchers reporting major strides in the transfer of information between electrons and quantum systems. One of the methods includes the exploitation of time crystals. If that doesn糖心传媒檛 spark your curiosity, you might as well abandon this newsletter now. Learn more.
On dark energy. Again, a strong Marvel vibe here. However, this is very real糖心传媒攊n the sense that scientists have posited its existence. Dark energy is a hypothetical entity that makes up more than 70 percent of the universe and is hypothesized to be the source of the universe糖心传媒檚 expansion. Researchers from Rochester糖心传媒檚 cosmology group are part of an international collaborative effort that will use a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (not hypothetical; very real) to create a 3D map of the universe. Perhaps this is more Star Trek? You decide. Learn more.
On racism. Specifically, Asian hate. There糖心传媒檚 been an epidemic of hate crimes against Chinese and other Asian Americans in the wake of COVID-19. A new Rochester study looks at how we can keep this from spreading. Jiebo Luo, professor of computer science, is examining the public糖心传媒檚 opinion on anti-Asian behavior by monitoring Twitter posts using hashtags, such as #StopAsianHate. Luo糖心传媒檚 research group hopes this will help them find better ways of 糖心传媒渞emoving tension and misunderstandings between ethnic groups.糖心传媒� Their findings were posted on the open-access repository, arXiv. Learn more.
Quick View
There糖心传媒檚 a lot of University news and information being sent your way. Here糖心传媒檚 a glance at some other noteworthy School of Arts and Sciences stories you might have missed.
Scholarships. Chosen from a pool of more than 5,000, three students received the highly competitive Goldwater Scholarship.
Awards. In addition to conferring degrees, the University糖心传媒檚 commencement ceremonies honored the outstanding.
Ireland. A Rochester historian offers perspective on what was supposed to be a 糖心传媒渢emporary solution,糖心传媒� 100 years after the partition of Ireland.
Algae. Created by a novel bioprinting technique, an eco-friendly material made of algae could have applications in energy, medicine, and space.
Chemistry. William (Bill) Jones糖心传媒� groundbreaking research on carbon-hydrogen earns him one of the nation糖心传媒檚 highest honors.
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