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- 1Physics Professor and Former Dean Retires from AAMU After 24 Years▼Physics Professor, Former Dean and STEM Day Founder Retires After More Than 24 Years of Service to AAMU
A longtime physics professor at Alabama A&M University has retired after more than 24 years of service. During her tenure she served as a dean and founded the university's STEM Day initiative, which promoted science, technology, engineering and math outreach. The university announced the retirement, honoring a career spanning teaching, academic leadership and efforts to expand STEM engagement in the community.
- 2Fresno State professor patents wildfire prevention technology▼Engineering professor patents technology designed to prevent wildfires
An engineering professor at California State University, Fresno has secured a patent for a technology designed to prevent wildfires. The development comes as California and the wider West continue to face severe fire seasons, and universities increasingly promote faculty innovations that move from research to practical tools for public safety and disaster mitigation.
- 3Nobel-winning physicist Tony Leggett remembered●Remembering Nobel laureate and Grainger physicist Anthony J. ‘Tony’ Leggett
Anthony J. 'Tony' Leggett, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and longtime professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Grainger College of Engineering, has died. The university announced his passing, and colleagues and the physics community are paying tribute to his pioneering work on superfluidity and his decades of teaching and mentorship.
- 4University of Cincinnati adds seven engineering faculty members▼UC welcomes seven new engineering faculty members
The University of Cincinnati has announced the appointment of seven new faculty members to its College of Engineering and Applied Science. The hires expand the university's teaching and research capacity in engineering, though the announcement did not specify the new professors' fields or prior institutions.
- 5Rice University names Karen Lozano to lead Tapia Center▼Rice Engineering and Computing names Karen Lozano as director of Tapia Center for Empowerment through STEM Education
Rice University's School of Engineering and Computing has appointed Karen Lozano as director of the Tapia Center for Empowerment through STEM Education. Lozano, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, will oversee the center's programs that expand access to STEM education for underrepresented students. The appointment underscores Rice's continued investment in diversity and outreach initiatives in engineering education.