An international collaboration that includes an Oregon State University astrophysicist has identified a phenomenon, likened to the quick-footed movements of an iconic cartoon predator, that proves a 19-year-old theory regarding how solar flares are created.
Understanding solar flares is important for predicting space weather and mitigating how it affects technology and human activities, said Vanessa Polito, a courtesy faculty member in OSU’s College of Science.
Fifteen University of Minnesota Crookston faculty and staff members joined a Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) cohort during the fall of 2024 as part of a year-long program designed to encourage the investigation of student learning experiences, to collect data on learning outcomes, and publish results. The cohort meets monthly under the leadership of Jeff Lindgren, Ph.D., associate director of the Center for Educational Innovation for the University of Minnesota.
In Summer 2021, he was taking three intensive classes while studying computer information systems at Colorado State University Pueblo. He was working 40 hours a week with two jobs, at a golf course and in an office on campus. The oldest of six siblings, Vido needed the jobs to help his family pay bills and buy groceries.
A collegiate distance runner, artist, and social media influencer, Amalia Dorion inspires entire communities. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in painting from Adams State University in the spring of 2024. A graduate of an El Paso, Texas high school and with family ties to eastern universities, her family assumed she would follow in their paths and attend college along the east coast. Imagine their surprise when Amalia Dorion announced her decision to attend a rural, state-supported institution in southern Colorado.
As Native American Heritage Month draws to a close and as many of us prepare to gather with family and friends, there are also opportunities to experience the Indigenous perspectives threaded throughout PST ART: Art & Science Collide, both at UCLA and through alumni representation across the regional art event.
Wesley Meares, PhD, and Lance Hunter, PhD, are avid sports fans and were intrigued by the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2021 ruling in NCAA v Alston that allowed student-athletes to profit from their Name, Image and Likeness. Before the ruling, student-athletes were prohibited by the NCAA from entering into contracts to promote products or brands.
The Honda Battle of the Bands, a national event, will take place in Inglewood, California, at the 70,000-seat SoFi Stadium, which is home to the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers. The Alabama bands will be two of only six bands from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) nationwide to be featured in the popular competition. Along with Alabama State’s Mighty Marching Hornets and Alabama A&M’s Marching Maroon & White, other participants are marching bands from Southern University and A&M College, Hampton University, North Carolina A&T State University and the University of Arkansas at Pine
Nearly three dozen Carolina undergraduate and graduate students have received awards from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for their research in STEM-related fields, including chemistry, geography, neuroscience and more.