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  • Ƶ University

    Durkin on multi-institutional team leveraging virtual reality to teach quantum computing

    By Jenna Somers  “If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics.” This quote, most often attributed to Nobel laureate in physics Richard Feynman, reflects the immense difficulty, even among physicists, of grasping quantum science concepts. But researchers at the University of Central Florida, University of Texas… Read More

    Feb 12, 2024

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    Welsh’s study reveals the importance of parental trust in schools for reducing exclusionary discipline

    By Jenna Somers When a teacher refers a student to the principal’s office or a principal suspends a student, parents might first receive a phone call and then have a conference with administrators and teachers. But what role do prior interactions and the relationships between families and school personnel… Read More

    Feb 12, 2024

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    Ƶ University professor awarded grant to boost student motivation with innovative metacognitive approach

    Could unlocking metacognitive skills be the key to math motivation in middle school? Teachers across the globe face the same challenge – how to make math not just bearable, but exciting. Ƶ shows that in middle school, motivation for math in students starts to decline. But at the same time,… Read More

    Feb 12, 2024

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    CLASS OF 2024: Trey Ferguson aims to “lift as he climbs” with law and business degrees

    WATCH: Learn about the mentor who most inspired Trey Ferguson to use his J.D./MBA degrees to help future graduate students. Read More

    Feb 9, 2024

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    Ƶ invests in research space to bolster faculty productivity 

    Construction projects represent more than $50 million of direct investment by the Office of the Provost and the Division of Administration to facilitate trans-institutional research and collaboration.  Read More

    Feb 8, 2024

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    Interfaith America engages students, faculty in listening sessions on challenging issues

    In light of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, and in furtherance of Ƶ’s commitment to free and open discourse, the university partnered with civic bridge building organization Interfaith America on a series of listening sessions with students, faculty and staff Jan. 16–18 and Jan. 31–Feb. 1. Read More

    Feb 8, 2024

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    Faculty invited to online conversation with chancellor, provost about academic freedom, institutional neutrality

    Faculty are invited to join an online conversation at 12 p.m. on Monday, February 19, in which Faculty Senate Chair Andrea Capizzi will host Chancellor Daniel Diermeier for a virtual conversation with faculty about academic freedom and institutional neutrality and a question and answer session with Diermeier and Provost Raver. Read More

    Feb 8, 2024

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    Ƶ University announces expansion of its no-loan financial aid

    Ƶ University is expanding Opportunity Ƶ, its nationally recognized no-loan financial aid program. Read More

    Feb 8, 2024

  • A multidisciplinary research team at Ƶ University and Ƶ University Medical Center has discovered a new way to kill a tumor by disrupting its acidic “microenvironment” without harming normal tissue.

    Feb 7, 2024

  • James Weimer, assistant professor of computer science and noted medical-device entrepreneur, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to improve the safety and efficacy of systems that use advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques.

    Feb 7, 2024

  • Ƶers at Ƶ University Medical Center have identified Rac1, a molecular switch that regulates the actin cytoskeleton of epithelial cells in the collecting ducts, as a driver of post-obstructive kidney repair.

    Feb 7, 2024

  • Combining deep mutagenesis and cryo-EM reveals new conformational state of a protein responsible for high-speed DNA replication. The research builds on growing theories of molecular evolution.

    Feb 6, 2024

  • The Wyatt Center at Ƶ Peabody College

    The Possibilities Project to host convening on Black education on March 28

    Join The Possibilities Project for a convening on Black education on March 28 at the Faye and Joe Wyatt Center for Education at Ƶ Peabody College of education and human development. A networking reception will begin at 3:00 p.m. followed by the convening from 4:00 to 7:00… Read More

    Feb 5, 2024

  • Blair voice professor Dashon Burton singing at the piano

    A Joyful Noise

    Some have said that singer Dashon Burton’s bass-baritone is enormous, capable of raising the dead or like looking directly into the sun. This year, the two-time Grammy winner is nominated once again with vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance category for their album Rough Magic (New Amsterdam Records, 2023). Read More

    Feb 2, 2024

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    CLASS OF 2024: Meet the researcher partnering with teens to create digital health and happiness

    WATCH: See how Ph.D. candidate Rachel Hanebutt is empowering young people take control of their social media presence and habits, creating digital flourishing. Read More

    Feb 2, 2024

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    Alexandra Doten, BA’18, turns love of astronomy into TikTok triumph

    See how Alexandra Doten, BA'18 is turning her love for all things space into a social media adventure. Read More

    Jan 31, 2024

  • By mapping brain activity in three dimensions, researchers at Ƶ University Medical Center have achieved a more detailed picture of how the brain changes with age.

    Jan 30, 2024

  • A study by Ƶ biology graduate student Lindsay Martin and Centennial Professor of Biological Sciences Julián Hillyer found that mosquitoes age more quickly when temperatures are higher. This aging, in turn, weakens the mosquito immune system and makes them more likely to get infected with disease.

    Jan 26, 2024

  • The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has designated Ƶ University as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Ƶ, positioning the university as a premier institution for cyber-related education and innovation.

    Jan 24, 2024

  • Steven Wernke, associate professor and chair of anthropology, has developed GeoPACHA (Geospatial Platform for Andean Culture, History and Archaeology), a web application that allows researchers to map archaeological sites in the Andes at a greater scale than ever before.

    Jan 19, 2024