iCons gives students interdisciplinary skills for real-world problems
iCons or Integrated Concentration in Science is an interdisciplinary science program that brings together undergraduates majoring in science and engineering to tackle real-world problems. The iCons curriculum integrates scientific expertise across disciplines, giving students collaborative learning experiences, discovery-based projects, leadership development, and multi-disciplinary analytical skills.
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CNS undergrads win honors at NURDS conference
Nine CNS students attended the Northeast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium, presenting research projects to their peers from 38 universities. In attendance were senior Drew Morrison (Philip Starks' behavioral ecology lab); junior Soren Hough (Jennifer Ross’ biophysics lab); junior Bingquian Zheng (Paul Dubin’s biochemistry lab); junior Marie Calapa (Alison Crocker’s physics lab); sophomore Adam Zec (Andrea Pocar’s physics lab); and senior Gary Forster, juniors John Karlen and Nick Mangini, and sophomore Kirsten Randle (Laura Cadonati’s physics lab). Hough won best poster presentation for "Using DNA Origami to Evaluate Motor Protein Binding Patterns." Randle, Forster, and Zec each received honorable mentions for formal presentations on their work on the international DarkSide dark matter detector project.
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Biophysicist Ross is new Spotlight Scholar
Jennifer Ross, Physics, is an accomplished researcher who builds bridges between the disciplines of biology and physics in order to better understand what goes on inside living cells. Ross recently received the Biophysical Society’s Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award for “substantial contributions to science,” the latest of many early career accolades. An assistant professor of physics, Ross is nationally known for her study of microtubules, strong, hollow microscopic tubes about 1-50 micrometers in length and 25 nanometers in diameter that provide structure to a vast variety of cells from plants to humans.
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Jeanne Hardy, Chemistry, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and will spend her sabbatical in France at the Pasteur Institute, where she will be working with Professor Muriel Delepierre.
Katya Migacheva ’12 PhD, Psychology, was selected as the 2012 James Marshall Public Policy Fellow by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. The fellowship allows her to conduct two years of postdoctoral work in Washington, D.C., with the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission - Congress
Eric Decker, Food Science, says Omega-3 fats decrease the odds of sudden cardiac arrest in those who have already suffered a heart attack. Parade Magazine
UMass Amherst, with leading PIs Todd Emrick and Alan Lesser, Polymer Science and Engineering, has entered into a strategic partnership with BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, Harvard, and MIT to develop advanced materials for the automotive, building, construction and energy industries. Automotive World, MarketWire.com, Yahoo! News, AfterMarketNews.com, Mfrtech.com, Green Car Congress
Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Psychology, commented in a New York Times story about rabid sports fans, saying intense fans only create a problem when they shut out other things in their life. New York Times
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