by Hardin Young | Sep 28, 2023 | Features, Fulbright Experts, Research, Research and Innovation
Technology Venture’s Inventor’s Spotlight: Jingyi Chen Jingyi Chen likes to build things. When she was choosing where to go to college, she had a dilemma: Did she want to build big things, like homes and buildings, or very small things constructed from...
by Hardin Young | Aug 27, 2023 | Features, Research, Research and Innovation
New Study Examines Historical Drought and Flooding on the Amazon River Extreme floods and severe droughts on the Amazon River have occurred more frequently in the last 40 years. Eight of the 12 most extreme floods in the 121-year streamflow record at Manaus, located...
by Hardin Young | Aug 24, 2023 | Features, Research, Research and Innovation
NSF Awards $925,711 to Study Effects of Climate Warming on Biodiversity As the hottest summer in human memory continues to smash records, it’s becoming increasingly clear that climate warming is going to get worse before it gets better. Understanding and anticipating...
by Hardin Young | Aug 18, 2023 | Faculty Points of Pride, Features, Research, Research and Innovation
Scientists Design Novel Nonlinear Circuit to Harvest Clean Power Using Graphene Obtaining useful work from random fluctuations in a system at thermal equilibrium has long been considered impossible. In fact, in the 1960s eminent American physicist Richard...
by Hardin Young | Aug 4, 2023 | Books & Publications, Features, Research, Research and Innovation
The Audience Decides; Patrick Stewart Discusses His Book on Presidential Debates This month’s Short Talks from the Hill features Patrick Stewart, professor of political science. This summer, Stewart published The Audience Decides: Applause-Cheering, Laughter,...
