President's Newsletter: November 2023

Message From the President

While the temperature cools in the North Country, the academic climate at Clarkson is heating up as students and faculty ignite innovation in our classrooms and labs. Side by side, our professors and young scholars are pursuing research and discovery that matters. In this newsletter, you'll learn more about research funding by major organizations like the NIH and NSF, biomedical research opportunities for a diverse cohort of students, a new major in a rapidly expanding business field, and much more happening at Clarkson. I am thrilled to introduce you to our talented community of scholars and the exciting work taking place in the North Country.

— Marc P. Christensen, Ph.D., P.E., President

NIH Research Award

Assistant Professor of Biology Ginger Hunter has been awarded a nearly $1.8 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award for Early Stage Investigators from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health. Her research will study how defects in cell-cell communication during development can lead to human disorders and disease.
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Profs Publish New Diagnostic Test Research

Biomolecular switch operated as a biosensor – artistic vision

Two professors recently published a paper in the journal Nature Nanotechnology on research that fosters rapid and reliable development of new diagnostic tests. They've developed a new approach for designing molecular on/off switches based on artificial allosteric proteins.
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Glowing Opportunity

a student in a lab coat and glasses uses lab equipment under red lighting

Clarkson has a strong history of welcoming socio-demographically diverse students to our campus. A National Institutes of Health grant will launch the BOREALIS Scholars program, which will prepare a diverse cadre of students for careers in biomedical research by creating a pathway to bioengineering graduate study.

New Business Analytics MBA

A female and a male student at a desk talking while looking at their laptop computer screens.

A new Reh School program aims to meet the growing demand for professionals capable of exploring, analyzing and interpreting large volumes of data to drive informed decision-making. The new MBA in Business Analytics combines the latest methods of statistical analysis, data management and decision analysis with a solid foundation in business administration.

Removing PFAS

a group of five professors posing in front of a sandstone wall with the Clarkson seal

A group of professors has been awarded $650K by the Department of Defense’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program to find and design new advanced adsorbent materials to remove toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from groundwater.
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