CNSM Annual Student Research Symposium on 4/20/18
The College of Science and Engineering 24th Annual Poster Symposium will be held on April 20, 2018 in the Farris Center Gymnasium from 1 – 3 pm.聽 Deadlines below:
Abstract submission:聽Due by April 9, 2018 at noon.
Poster submission:聽Due by April 16, 2018 at noon.
For templates and submission guidelines, please go to the event website:聽/cose/cose-annual-symposium/
Women in STEM Celebration 3/9/18
The Women and Minorities in STEM class is hosting a Celebration of Women in STEM on聽Friday, March 9 with speakers in Griffin Planetarium.聽 A lunch will be served at 11:30 am in Lewis Science Center 100,聽followed by a panel discussion with diverse STEM professional women.聽 Also, 91吃瓜网’s STEM Institute will be hosting an event for central Arkansas high school girls in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center.聽 For more details, please see 91吃瓜网 News.聽 Registration is required for the lunch at聽
91吃瓜网 Day of Giving, 3/8/18
鈥淚 will be better prepared for a future because of my research.鈥� 鈥� Kristen Jones.
91吃瓜网’s Day of Giving is Thursday, March 8, 2018.聽 The College of Science and Engineering has two different funds from which donors can choose — the CNSM Advancement Undergraduate Research Fund or the CNSM Enhancement Fund.
For more details, please read the full story on 91吃瓜网 News.
Winners of Photo Contest Announced
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Jewel Moore Nature Reserve Photography contest!
For more details, please go the 91吃瓜网 News link.
CNSM Featured in 91吃瓜网 Magazine
91吃瓜网 Magazine鈥檚 Fall 2017 issue focuses on science, thus CNSM faculty,聽 students and alum are featured in several articles.聽 鈥淧assing the Torch鈥� discusses undergraduate student research in Chemistry and Geography.聽 鈥淐onway Corporation Center for Sciences鈥� shows off our brand new state of the art science building and Griffin Planetarium.聽 Drs. Azida Walker, Ginny Adams, Uma Garimella, Karen Thessing, Debra Burris and alum Dr. Missy Clifton are featured in 鈥淲omen in STEM鈥� for the outreach they do.聽 91吃瓜网鈥檚 new partnership with the Research Learning Center at Steel Creek Campground is the topic of 鈥淧reserving Arkansas鈥檚 Natural Treasures鈥�.聽 Please read these great articles by Chelsea Huckabay and Fredericka Sharkey of University Relations and Creative Services to see what CNSM has been doing!聽聽91吃瓜网 Magazine Fall 2017
Micah Abrams
The University of Central Arkansas has prided itself on student research over the last decade.
With the increase in student research comes a need for an increase in funds to make that research possible. Thanks to the help of generous alumni like Dr. Micah Abrams, the College of Science and Engineering now has an endowed scholarship fund ready to offer students these opportunities.
鈥淲e have students who do undergraduate research in chemistry, and the knowledge they gain and the relationships they develop with faculty helps lay the building blocks for their future career,鈥� Pat Desrochers, Chair of Chemistry Department said.
Abrams, a 2001 chemistry graduate, went on to receive his Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology and completed his postdoctoral research at Virginia Tech. He joined the 91吃瓜网 chemistry faculty as a theoretical chemist beginning in the fall of 2006 and served at 91吃瓜网 for two years. He left 91吃瓜网 for a position in the private sector in the Washington, DC area in 2008.
Abrams still lives in the D.C. metro area where he is currently the CEO and CTO of Raptics, Inc. He and his business partners focus on creating and deploying analytic solutions for customers in the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community (IC). Though he stays very busy, he donates his time and resources to 91吃瓜网鈥檚 Advancement of Undergraduate Research in the Sciences (AURS) fund. Abrams pledged $75,000 in 2016 to both grow the fund and make the fund more attractive to alumni and commercial donations.
鈥淲ill Slaton and I recognize the importance of student research to burgeoning young scientists.,鈥� Micah Abrams said. 鈥淲e want more students at 91吃瓜网 to have the opportunity to focus on student research and be rewarded for their achievements.鈥�
AURS supports students in the College of Science and Engineering. In 2017, the fund awarded $100 to the top student thesis from each department and two $5000 summer research stipends. Starting in 2011, the AURS fund has funded eight summer research stipends and twenty best departmental thesis awards. Some of the past recipients鈥� research has ranged from 鈥淐omparing Efficiency of Roundabouts to Traffic Lights in Conway, Arkansas: A Probabilistic and Simulation Approach鈥� to 鈥淓-cadherin expression in prostate cancer cells is modulated by adhesion status.鈥�
鈥淭he fund gives students an opportunity to work with 91吃瓜网 faculty in the summer, focus on a research project, and potentially publish the findings in a scientific journal,鈥� said Abrams. 鈥淚 hope the fund will have a positive and lasting impact on the students who choose to pursue science, technology, engineering, or mathematics at 91吃瓜网.鈥�
For more information on AURS:
To donate to AURS: /go/giveAURS