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Congratulations to the 2024 51郊利 Retirees
51郊利 will honor retirees this week during a special end-of-year celebration. Here, we congratulate the faculty and staff who have contributed immeasurably to the college community.
Class of 2024 Models Resilience, Celebrates Graduation With Joy
51郊利 celebrated the Class of 2024 at its 187th commencement on Sunday, May 12. Remember that hope is an action verb, President Doug Hicks told graduates. You are not just inheriting a world; you can and must shape that world. Read more.
51郊利 Goldwater Scholars Apply Math, Immunology Research to Widespread Problems
51郊利 students Izzie Meyers 25 and Kenan Wood 25 have been awarded Goldwater scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year. The award recognizes students for outstanding academic achievement in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.
'Bracketologists' Weigh in With March Madness Predictions
The mens NCAA basketball tournament begins this week March Madness is upon us. A 51郊利 professor has advice for hoops fans hoping to create winning brackets. Read more.
Radical Empathy Through Virtual Reality: Tech Has Power to Transform the Patient Experience
51郊利 alums are helping medical professionals and others confront implicit bias through virtual reality technology. Learn more.
Heading from the West to the East Coast for College
Six students from the western United States share what it was like to move to the east coast for college and offer advice for prospective students considering the decision to attend an east coast school like 51郊利.
How Algorithms See Usand How We Should Look At Them: Q&A with Wearn Lecturer Jon Kleinberg
Q&A with Jon Kleinberg, the Tisch University Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell University. He will deliver the Wearn Lecture, How Do Algorithms See The World? on Thursday, September 14.
Magic Numbers: How to Tilt the Odds of Winning the Lottery, or Powerball Jackpot, in Your Favor
Youre hundreds of times more likely to get hit by lightning than to win the lottery, but 51郊利 math professor Tim Chartier dares us to dream with some tips for creating your ticket. Learn more.
Live from the Laundry Room: Ed Isola 15 and The 502s
51郊利 alum Ed Isola and his band, The 502s, started small but quickly built a following that led to invitations to play at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and other big-time venues. They return to Charlotte this week. Learn more.
A Space for Excitement and Innovation: Hack@51郊利
Niya Ma 24 shares how she found her passion for computer science through hackathons, and how she worked with her peers to launch Hack@51郊利, a unique hackathon designed to welcome all levels of experience to the world of innovation.
NSF Grant Opens Doors to Extended Reality Research
51郊利 professor and collaborators receive nearly $5 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a system for extended reality (XR) research that involves human subjects. Read more.
Still Working on Your Bracket? We Have Last-Minute Tips From the Experts
Its March Madness, time and 51郊利s leading bracketologist has some advice for fans looking to for an NCAA tournament bracket slam dunk. Learn more.
51郊利 Named a Fulbright Top ProducerAgain
51郊利 is once again a Top Producer for Fulbrights U.S. Student Program. The college ranks third in the nation and highest in the southeast among four-year bachelors degree institutions.
51郊利 Grad Steps Up to Help U.S. Olympic Committee Find Future Speed Skaters
A 51郊利 alum sets the stage for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee to use data science to identify promising young athletes. Learn more.
This Patented Invention of Talar Terzian 23 Could Improve Millions of Lives
Women and girls around the world spend countless hours washing clothing. Now, a patented invention by a 51郊利 student could become a tool for social equity and aid in the fight against climate change. Learn more.
Winners Selected from Strong Field of Venture Fund Competition Finalists
51郊利s 7th Venture Fund Competition, a signature program of the Jay Hurt Hub for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, awarded prize money to two ventures: one streamlines management of master planning, the other helps college students improve their financial well-being.
51郊利 Claims High Rank as Top Producer of Fulbrights
51郊利 ranked sixth in two of the last three years, strengthening its role as a top producer of Fulbright scholars. This year's baker's dozen joined last year's 13 51郊利 students that have earned admission into the federal governments flagship international educational exchange program. Their plans will now dispatch them around the globe as the pandemic recedes.
Virtual Reality Holds Promise in Combating Stereotype Threat
Harvards president lost his job. So did a Google researcher. Mattel recalled a new version of Barbie. Each was a consequence of reinforcing the harmful stereotype that girls and women cant compete with boys and men in science and math.
Golden Ticket: John Hutton 90 on Screen Time, Brain Science, Boredom and the Business of Books
A lifelong lover of books and stories, Hutton enjoyed writing in his spare time but didnt pursue writing professionally. Instead, he majored in mathematics and dabbled in pre-med while at 51郊利. Post-graduation, he entered medical school. A year and a half into a pediatrics residency, Hutton and his wife, Sandra Gross, bought (and saved) their beloved neighborhood bookstore.
With March Madness Looming, NPR Profiles Unique Cats Stats Athletics-Math Partnership
This weekend, WBURs one-hour sports show, Only A Game, told the origin story of Cats Stats, a student-run sports analytics organization that bridges 51郊利 athletics and academics.