Jill Wilson Receives Academic Advising Honor
Wilson received the Region 5 Excellence in Advising - Advising Administrator award from NACADA, a leading association for the development of academic advising in higher education.
Engineering News
Location of Flow Resistance in Glaucoma Found
Researchers have found the area in the eye where elevated pressure is generated in glaucoma: within one micrometer of the surface of Schlemm’s canal, where fluid drains from the eye.
Novel Material Switches Between Electrically Conducting and Insulating States
The new approach developed by Professor James Rondinelli could inform the design of quantum materials platforms for future electronics, as well as faster devices with more storage capabilities.
New Framework Brings Accuracy, Efficiency to Identifying Stop Words
Professor Luis Amaral and postdoctoral fellow Martin Gerlach’s algorithmic approach automatically recognizes uninformative words in large collections of text, which could help researchers dramatically reduce computational requirements during data analyses.
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