A glimpse at ongoing faculty research.
Stories by Joe Sugarman
The Art of Mathematics
Fall 2018
There’s a well-known math-related meme that’s been going around the internet for years. It’s an...
Getting it Just Right
Spring 2018
Last summer in Test Chamber A of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, it...
Chasing the Declaration of Independence
Spring 2018
Emily Sneff ’11 has made some interesting discoveries while working on a database of all...
Battling Eviction in Queens
Fall 2017
Sateesh Nori ’97 is the attorney-in-charge of the Queens Neighborhood Office of the Legal Aid...
New Hope for Heart Disease Patients
Spring 2016
Bristol-Myers Squibb recently purchased Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals, a company co-founded by John Toscano, vice dean for...
Slow Down!
Fall 2015
By age 85, one of every three people will have Alzheimer’s disease. It’s now the...
The Eyes Have It
Spring 2015
Consider the coin flip, seemingly the epitome of randomness. We start our football games with...
Putting the Virgo Cluster on the Map
Spring 2015
Laura Ferrarese ’95 PhD says she pursued her graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University at...
To the Bat Lab!
Fall 2014
The basement of Ames Hall has bats. Dozens of them. In one room, approximately...
In a CLASS By Itself
Spring 2014
Video: Deirdre Hammer Charles Bennett, the Alumni Centennial Professor of Physics and Astronomy, winner of...
How Free Is Free Will?
Fall 2012
The nature of free will and moral responsibility is a discussion philosophers have been having...