Message From the Dean
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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
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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
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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”
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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
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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