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Feb 21, 2025

Dartmouth Engineering Student Applies Mobile Robotics Toward Healthier, More Sustainable Agriculture

PhD Innovation Fellow Adam Gronewold is applying mobile robotics to the challenge of making agricultural cropping systems more efficient and sustainable.

CBS Sunday Morning

America's "Explainer-in-chief"

Senior Lecturer David Macaulay was interviewed while visiting DC's National Building Museum and showed CBS correspondent Martha Teichner how sketching can help you see things like Ledyard Bridge in a new way.

Feb 16, 2025

The Wall Street Journal

Hims Super Bowl Ad Spotlights Weight-Loss Drug Copycats as Clock Ticks on Their Business

Professor Geoffrey Parker is quoted in an article about a telehealth company pushing the boundaries of drug compounding and testing regulators' limits. "Once you have a large customer base, you essentially have a large voter base on your side, and they can demand regulatory change," said Parker.

Feb 10, 2025

The New York Times

In Greenland, the Ice Doesn't Just Flow, It Quivers and Quakes

Professor Hélène Seroussi is quoted in an article about the results of a study into how ice sheets move. Getting enough measurements is a constant challenge for polar scientists, said Seroussi. "That's why we keep finding all these new principles and mechanisms that seem relatively fundamental. Each time you have a new observation, a new ice core, a new way of measuring, you learn something new."

Feb 06, 2025

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Small Ways to Spark Joy in Your Teaching

Professor Eugene Korsunskiy is featured in an article about the false dichotomy that having fun and feeling joy are at odds with doing serious, rigorous work. The article points out that joy actually has cognitive benefits that support creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork. "Joyful learning environments," Korsunskiy said, "help students thrive."

Feb 06, 2025

Research Quick Takes

Schematic depicting topics of active research in fabrication, design, and applications of 3D printed electrodes.

Design & Fabrication for Energy & Sensing

Professor Will Scheideler is co-author of "Recent Advances in 3D Printed Electrodes – Bridging the Nano to Mesoscale" published in Advanced Science. The review covers applications in energy and sensing, including emerging fabrication methods. "We report on strategies for transforming polymers into 3D architected metals and ceramics, and how the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence is changing the design of 3D-printed materials," said Scheideler.

Varsha Shukla

IEEE Best Paper Award

PhD candidate Varsha Shukla received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Gender and Technology for her research: "On Addressing Bias and Fairness in Large Language Models for Responsible Innovation in Gender Contexts." This recognition highlights her contributions toward advancing gender-sensitive AI research. "Technology shapes our society in incredible ways, and ensuring fairness and equity in AI systems is critical for fostering inclusivity," said Shukla.

Yoshihiro Nakayama receives the Cryosphere Early Career Award

Cryosphere Early Career Award

Professor Yoshihiro Nakayama received the Cryosphere Early Career Award last month at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting, for his work on polar oceanography and Antarctic processes. "I am deeply honored to receive this award. My work integrating observations and modeling is made possible through the extensive support and collaboration of researchers worldwide. I'm grateful for their invaluable contributions."

Professor Hui Fang

NIH Grant Supports New Tools for Neuroscience

Professor Hui Fang's research group was awarded $2.6M over five years from NIH to develop and optimize a new type of microelectrode array probe used for parallel neuromodulator sensing and electrophysiological recording. "Refining and validating this type of probe would directly enable numerous studies in both basic and translational neuroscience, would be applicable to many other devices, such as DBS and sEEG electrodes, and would also bring the technology a significant step closer to commercial manufacturing," said Fang.