McClenachan Named Sloan Research Fellow
Posted On Tuesday, February 19, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MAINE Tags: Alfred P. Sloan, fellowship program, Loren McClenachan, oceanography, Scientific American
Loren McClenachan, assistant professor of environmental studies, is one of 126 scientists to receive a 2013 Sloan Research Fellowship, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced Feb. 14.
The fellowship program seeks to “stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise,” according to the foundation’s website. The prestigious two-year ...
‘Father of String Theory’ to present URI lecture on ‘Black Hole War’, Oct. 10
Posted On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 By USA Education News. Under RHODE ISLAND Tags: Black Hole, Gordon Research Conferences, Leonard Susskind, Scientific American
KINGSTON, R.I. – September 24, 2012 – Leonard Susskind, the internationally known physicist often called the Father of String Theory, will present the annual Cruickshank Lecture at the University of Rhode Island on Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. in the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences on the Kingston Campus.
The ...