Provost's Newsletter: April 2024

Message From the Provost

Greetings from the Clarkson University campus, and welcome to the April edition of the Provost's Newsletter. As our academic year quickly draws to a close, I am pleased to announce a brand new bachelor of science degree program in our Reh School of Business. I'm also proud to share the news that two faculty members in our Coulter School of Engineering are the recipients of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty. In addition, two of our faculty are leading an NSF-funded initiative for education and science in Ukraine. Please enjoy reading these and the many other articles on the activities of our innovative students and faculty.

— Christopher C. Robinson, Provost

New BS Degree

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Five students sitting at a long table with notebook computers, while a teacher stands by them at a wall-mounted whiteboard.

The David D. Reh School of Business is offering a new bachelor of science degree in business administration. The program allows students to select all of their business elective courses from the diverse range of business courses, rather than prescribing the course areas they must concentrate on to fulfill more discipline-specific degrees.
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NSF CAREER Award

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Shoulders-up portrait of Leo Jiang in a light blue, open-collar shirt

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Yazhou “Leo” Jiang received the NSF's most prestigious award for early-career faculty who serve as academic role models in research and education. The CAREER Award will provide $500,000 in funding for his research on managing uncertainties in renewable-powered grids.
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NSF CAREER Award

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Chest-up outdoor portrait of Ian McCrum in a blue sports coat and read tie

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Ian McCrum received the NSF's most prestigious award for early-career faculty who serve as academic role models in research and education. The CAREER Award will provide $601,000 in funding for research to enable the production of fully sustainable and carbon-neutral chemicals.
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International Research Team

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Side-by-side headshots of Evgeny Katz and Oleh Smutok

A new international research team headed by Clarkson professors received a $320,000 NSF-funded award for cooperation with scientists in Ukraine and Poland. The cooperation was organized in the framework of a new NSF initiative, IMPRESS-U (International Multilateral Partnerships for Resilient Education and Science System in Ukraine).
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