Academics
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ's Jack Burns has been appointed to the NASA transition team by the incoming Trump administration. Burns, a professor in the Department of Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences, has longstanding ties with NASA. He served on the NASA Advisory Council from 2008-10, including a stint as chair of the council’s Science Committee in 2009 and 2010.
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ's Pre-Collegiate Development Program uses mentorship and community to create opportunities for many first-generation college prospects.
An urban pollutant-tracking system created by architectural engineering researchers at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ recently received a gold award at the 2016 World Internet of Things (IoT) Exposition in Wuxi, China. The project was one of 10 new technologies to win.
As part of his commitment to student success, the provost has convened a committee charged with developing a recommendation for considering a campuswide center for teaching and learning.
Traveling abroad? Want to improve your language skills? Or simply looking to learn a new language just for the fun of it? Then the ALTEC non-credit language program may be right for you!
Looking for an alternative to large lecture courses? Want to fulfill a degree requirement by discussing superpowers, ghosts, "Lord of the Rings"Â or revolution? All freshmen and sophomores are invited to take a First-Year Seminar class this spring semester.
In the spring ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ will become only the fourth higher education institute in the nation to offer an Arctic studies program, providing students with expertise on a long-neglected region gaining geopolitical importance due to climate change and its impacts.
Three ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ professors have won prestigious fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies. Gerardo Gutierrez, Rebecca Maloy and Mithi Mukherjee are among 69 fellows chosen from 1,100 applicants.
Engineering senior Matthew Hurst has been awarded the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, a full-ride scholarship to study in the United Kingdom for two years. A lifelong mathematician with a dream of being an astronaut someday, Hurst is developing computer models that could someday help engineers design aircraft and spacecraft more efficiently.
Two new undergraduate degrees are coming online in the fall, one designed to address teacher shortages particularly among high-needs communities, the other intended to turn out skilled, ethical leaders who can bridge differences and contribute to public work, be it in higher education, international development, urban planning or other areas.