Message From the Dean
Welcome to the winter issue of the Clarkson University School of Arts & Sciences e-newsletter. In this issue, I have chosen to highlight faculty members, staff and students who are applying their knowledge to addressing concerns in our local community and our nation. Clarkson, and its School of Arts & Sciences, continues to grow its reputation as a leader in innovative research and education that improves people’s lives and the sustainability of our environment. I am confident you will be as impressed as I am at the contributions to our community made by our students, staff and faculty.
— Tom Langen, Interim Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Pumpkin STEM
Halloween was the theme of this November’s IMPETUS camp, Clarkson’s STEM education program for 7th- through 12th-graders. During the virtual event, students from local school districts participated in a variety of fun activities, including using pumpkins to investigate water displacement and improve their building skills with toothpicks. READ MORE
Ettinger Essay Wins Award
Who better to win an award for a historical essay on women in technology than a woman at a historically technical school? Professor Laura Ettinger, along with co-authors Nicole Conroy ’09 and William Barr II, recently received the Martha Trescott Prize for their exceptional essay, What Late-Career and Retired Women Engineers Tell Us: Gender Challenges in Historical Context. READ MORE
The “Icarus Sensor”
In the future, sunscreen might not be the only thing you wear on your skin to protect it from harmful UV rays. Clarkson researchers have created a wearable sensor that indicates the amount of UV exposure. Not only is it small and portable, the sensor is low-cost and made through 3D bioprinting. READ MORE
Kavanagh Is Plane Endowed Chair
Congratulations to Professor Kathleen Kavanagh for her appointment as the Robert A. Plane Endowed Chair! Kavanagh, a professor of mathematics and the associate director of STEM education, is not only a distinguished scholar in numerical analysis, optimization, computational mathematics and nonlinear equations, but an award-winning teacher, both at Clarkson and on the national stage. READ MORE