Kristen Vogt, a senior Chemistry major, has won the 2018 Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship from the American Chemical Society. The $5,000 scholarship is awarded by the Society’s Women Chemists Committee. Paul R. Jones established the scholarship in memory of his wife, Priscilla Carney Jones, who faced difficulties as a female chemist early in her career.…
The Electronic Laboratory for Science and Analysis at TCNJ, or “ELSA”, will receive significant enhancements after the College was awarded a $650,000 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation program. “ELSA” is TCNJ’s High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster, which is named after the famous “Born Free” lioness and our mascot, the lion.…
(R)evolution? The Future of Computer Simulation of Matter Alán Aspuru-Guzik Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science, University of Toronto Date, Time, and Location October 2, 2018 (Tues.) 12:00 pm – Lunch available 12:30-1:30 pm – Lecture, Q&A, and discussion 1:30-1:50 pm – Reception and extended discussion Education 212 Overview of the Lecture To…
Each summer, TCNJ supports a robust, 8-week, residential research program named MUSE (Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience), in which approximately 100 undergraduates engage in full-time, faculty-mentored research, scholarship, or creative activity. The summer MUSE program provides a cohesive set of coordinated activities and experiences designed to: (1) nurture student capacities to conduct original research in a…
Biology professor Kathryn T. (KT) Elliott was recently profiled by the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) about her experience organizing a themed session at the Society’s 2018 Annual Conference. Professor Elliott co-organized a six-paper session on science communication. In addition to leading the session, Dr. Elliott presented a paper on TCNJ’s award-winning “Tasting the Tree…
The School of Science is pleased to welcome eight new faculty members for the 2018-2019 academic year. Brief biographical sketches are listed below. Timur Akhunov (Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics) is a mathematician focusing on nonlinear waves. He discovered that educators in general, and mathematicians more specifically, are nice people during his…
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