A number of Dyson students in the STEM disciplines earned accolades at research conferences this spring, highlighting their impressive faculty-sponsored work.
Emma Brown 鈥23, Behavioral Neuroscience, won best poster at the , hosted by Quinnipiac University. In her category, Brown was competing against 54 other students from prestigious universities throughout the northeast.
Eight students from biology, chemistry, behavioral neuroscience, and forensic science鈥攁ccompanied by Associate Professor of Biology Daniel Strahs, PhD, and Assistant Professor of Biology Wei Fang, PhD鈥攁ttended the 2023 at Sacred Heart University.
Noor Aayla 鈥23, Behavioral Neuroscience, received the Chemistry Poster Presentation Award for her work with Strahs: "A Method to Analyze Electrostatic Interactions Between Ethacridine and Topoisomerase IA in E. coli."
Denia Diaz 鈥23, Biology, and Anastaiia Kirdiianova 鈥26, Behavioral Neuroscience, who both conducted research with Jeanmaire Molina, PhD, received the Ecology Poster Presentation Award for their poster "A Symbiotic Trifecta: The world's Largest Parasitic Flowers, Their Host Plant, and the Microbes that Live Within."
Emily Schmidt 鈥23, MS Environmental Science and Policy, took second place in the graduate student category at the Northeast Natural History Conference in Burlington, Vermont, for her poster titled 鈥淎re Human Perceptions of the Environment Consistent with Ecological Data? A Study of User鈥檚 Opinions and Water Quality in the Pocantico River, Westchester County, NY.鈥 Her research was a collaborative project with Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Michael Rubbo, PhD, and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Anne Toomey, PhD.
For Thomas Scopino 鈥27, a master's student in Environmental Science and Policy at 麻豆直播's Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, an internship with the New York Public Library offered an unexpected opportunity to explore how environmental policy, energy efficiency, and urban sustainability intersect across New York City.
Through 麻豆直播鈥檚 unique relationship with the United Nations, students are taking their education beyond the classroom and onto the global stage, advocating for human rights, engaging with international leaders, and gaining firsthand experience in shaping conversations that can change the world.
How much freedom are we willing to sacrifice in the name of security? As facial recognition and AI-powered surveillance expand worldwide, Political Science Professor and Chair Amy Freedman, PhD, examines what the rise of digital monitoring in Southeast Asia reveals about democracy, individual rights, and the growing power of governments to watch and control their citizens.