Andrew Papachristos, associate professor of sociology, and Christopher Wildeman, assistant professor of sociology, have received a U.S. Department of Justice grant for their research project, “Using Social Network Analysis for Crime Prevention and...
Physicist Daisuke Nagai has won the 2011 Young Scientist Prize in Astrophysics from the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.The award honors “an outstanding young scientist,” according to the 90-year-old scientific society.In December Nagai...
Ellen Thomas, a senior research scientist in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, has won the Ewing Medal from the 61,000-member American Geophysical Union (AGU).According to the union, the Ewing Medal honors “significant original contributions to...
Lilian Childress, a postdoctoral researcher in physics, has won an award from L’Oreal USA worth up to $60,000.Childress was one of five scientists recognized through the L’Oreal USA Fellowships for Women in Science program, which supports female...