พรพรสำฦต

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  • Geology professor Karen Harpp stands next to Provost Douglas Hicks
    Last week, Associate Professor of Geology and Peace and Conflict Studies Karen Harpp added a 13th line to her list of teaching accolades when she received the 2015 Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement. โ€œI donโ€™t think thereโ€™s anyone in any room who has the energy that Karen Harpp has or the passion [โ€ฆ]
    April 17, 2015
  • พรพรสำฦต students talk to the founder of Khan Academy
    This post originally appeared on the Benton Scholars blog. Last month, the Benton Scholars traveled to San Francisco to explore innovation in the education and technology sectors. The trip included visits to Khan Academy, Tesla, and the Minerva Project. Guo, who had been accepted to attend the highly selective and innovative Minerva School but chose พรพรสำฦต instead, reflects on the trip and [โ€ฆ]
    April 8, 2015
  • Kiko Galvez, Charles A. Dana Professor of physics and astronomy
    Some people look at the sunlight wandering across the bottom of a swimming pool and see only glare. Kiko Galvez, Charles A. Dana Professor of physics and astronomy, sees the fascinating effect of electromagnetic beams bouncing and sliding through watery matter. The innate curiosity that leads Galvez to look beyond the obvious has served him [โ€ฆ]
    March 25, 2015
  • Party balloons can no longer be taken for granted: thereโ€™s a worldwide shortage of helium. Prices quadrupled between 2000 and 2012, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. But a new helium-recovery system will put พรพรสำฦตโ€™s science laboratories at the forefront of efforts to conserve the dwindling supply of this increasingly expensive gas.
    March 19, 2015
  • Researchers hold the fern they discovered
    พรพรสำฦต professor Eddie Watkins published a new paper in the journal Brittonia with Rehman Momin โ€™15, Wes Testo โ€™12 and Jarmilla Pitterman, a professor at UC Santa Cruz. Brittonia is a specialized botanical journal managed by the New York Botanical Garden. The article outlines the discovery of a rare new hybrid fern in Costa Rica.
    March 17, 2015
  • A photo of Sohee Ryuk โ€˜15
    Sohee Ryuk โ€™15 is one of just 50 students awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for a year of independent, purposeful exploration and travel outside of the United States on a self-designed topic of their choosing. Ryuk receives $28,000 for the 12-month fellowship beginning in July, 2015. Including Ryuk, 70 พรพรสำฦต nominees have received this [โ€ฆ]
    March 16, 2015
  • Jason Keith sits on a table in a classroom in Olin Hall.
    The Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) recently published a paper co-authored by Jason Keith, assistant professor of chemistry. The paper is titled โ€œCovalency in Lanthanides. An X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Study of LnCl6xโ€“ (x = 3, 2).โ€ It can be viewed at the JACS website. 
    February 27, 2015
  • พรพรสำฦต Alumna Denise A. Battles has been selected to lead SUNY Geneseo
    A พรพรสำฦต alumna with more than 25 years of experience in higher education, Denise A. Battles โ€™85, will become the new leader of SUNY Geneseo starting in July, the State University of New York Board of Trustees announced today. Battles, a Central Square, N.Y., native, is currently provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs [โ€ฆ]
    January 13, 2015
  • Using the night sky to explain the culture of different societies is a practice familiar to Professor Anthony Aveni. In early December, the distinguished astronomy and anthropology professor co-hosted a symposium intended to spark a dialogue about Native American sacred sites and exploring their connections to cosmic events.
    December 17, 2014