Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries and Clarkson University today announced they have been jointly awarded $1.4 million through the National Science Foundation's NSF Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers ITEST grant program, a prestigious national award that recognizes innovative teaching approaches that foster Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics...
POTSDAM - There is no shortage of resources in the North Country to support what Anthony Collins calls "traditional business expansion." That means helping companies line up loans or find new office and factory space. What the region needs more are resources to support younger and riskier, but potentially faster-growing...
The National Science Foundation has awarded Upstate New York colleges, including SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, CLARKSON UNIVERSITY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE and ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, $3 MILLION to enroll more graduate students who are African-American, Hispanic and American Indian in technology, math and engineering...
ABSTRACT We analyzed seven years of pre-program and post-program survey data to evaluate the Clarkson University Research Experience for Undergraduates REU Site Program in Environmental Science and Engineering, and evaluated whether our program was successful at meeting the intended outcome of increasing participants' likelihood of attending graduate school and pursuing...
DURING THE LAST WEEK OF November, Clarkson University (N.Y.) constituents had a graphic demonstration of how much garbage one person can generate in a week. Eight members of the student Environmental Conservation Organization carried clear plastic garbage bags filled with the accumulated non-recyclable trash each had generated. At the end...
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Michael P. Griffin, director of News & Digital Content Services of Clarkson University, +1-315-268-6716, mgriffin@clarkson.edu. POTSDAM, N.Y., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Clarkson University School of Business professor says that the new benchmark federal funds rate of 4.25% is much too high to get the optimum levels...
A $1.8 million nanotechnology pilot plant to develop and test new products will influence the development of Allegany County and the region, said New York State Senator Catharine Young at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the new facility. The nanotechnology pilot plant is...
To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORSContact: Mark A. Smith, President, +1-719-256-5329, mas@biontech.com, or Craig Scott, Vice President-Capital Markets/IR, +1-303-843-6191 direct, cscott@biontech.com, both of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BNET) announced today that it will participate in a press conference to be...
CICERO - For someone with asthma, airborne irritants can spring up practically anywhere - even from inside the home. "One of the biggest culprits is the kitchen," says Cheryl A. Gressani, director of business development for Air Innovations, a developer and manufacturer of specialized air-conditioning and environmental-control units. Cooking releases...
POTSDAM - Lisa Gorczyca, 18, is emerging from her freshman year at Clarkson University as an entrepreneur. Gorczyca, with the assistance of 28 of her classmates, founded Piece of Cake as a project for Clarkson's entrepreneurship-management organization class. The gourmet-dessert shop opened in January and will close in late April...
A Cambridge, Mass. start-up has received a $14.8 million award from New York State to build and operate a 15,000 square foot cellulosic biomass-to-ethanol demonstration plant in Rochester. The grant, funded by New York's Department of Agriculture and Markets and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, awards...
ENERGY RESOURCE-28 November 2006-GM Providing Vehicles for Clarkson University Study on BiofuelC2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com GS AgriFuels Corporation today announced that General Motors is providing a Chevrolet Silverado and a GC Sierra pickup truck to Clarkson University for renewable fuel research. The goal of the project is to fuel...
Staff The Associated General Contractors of America, New York State Chapter, Inc. has awarded 16 scholarships for the 2006/07 education year. Since the Associated General Contractors of New York State, Inc. began its Scholarship Program in 1988, it has awarded $661,000 in...
This autumn, Medal of Honor recipients presented the first Medal of Honor Scholarships co-sponsored by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation and the AFCEA Educational Foundation. These scholarships, resulting from an agreement signed by the two foundations in July 2005. award $3,000 to four outstanding ROTC students every year-one each...
SPENCER F. THEW * Title: CEO * Company: Atlantic Testing Laboratories ATL * Education: M.S., civil engineering, Clarkson University; B.S., civil engineering, Clarkson University * Residence: South Colton, NY * Age: 64 * Family: Spouse - Patti; one son; three daughters; eight grandchildren * Year began with the company:...
* Title: CEO * Company: Atlantic Testing Laboratories ATL * Education: M.S., civil engineering, Clarkson University; B.S., civil engineering, Clarkson University * Residence: South Colton, NY * Age: 64 * Family: Spouse - Patti; one son; three daughters; eight grandchildren * Year began with the company:...
Clarkson University engineering students help middle schoolers grasp their role in energy conservation. BY LYNNE SHALLCROSS ONE ENERGY EXPERT recommends using a clothesline instead of a dryer to save energy and money. Another turns off the lights when he leaves a room-and reminds family members to do the...
BIOMETRICS IN A MORE security-conscious America, biometrics is one hot area of research. That's the science of using a person's unique physiological or behavioral signature-a fingerprint or iris reading, for instance-to verify someone's identity. But a team of investigators led by Stephanie C. Schuckers, an associate professor of...
Electronic Nanomaterials Get Funding Boost. Clarkson University's Center for Advanced Technology (Potsdam, NY) and Alfred University's Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology (Alfred, NY), were recently awarded $1.8 million in funding from NYSTAR. The two universities will develop flexible and modular processing systems for producing next...
SYRACUSE - Local companies are pairing up with the region's universities on research projects as diverse as improving radar systems and developing a device to treat high blood pressure. The projects are being paid for by the first round of Grants for Growth, a $1 million, state-funded program of the...
