RF CUNY Brown Bag Research Webinars: Russell Sage Foundation and William T. Grant Foundation

Overview of Webinar: This webinar will provide researchers with information on funding opportunities in two philanthropic nonprofit organizations. The Russell Sage Foundation was established for the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States. It dedicates itself to strengthening the methods, data, and theoretical core of the social sciences to better understand societal

Physics Department presents Fermi Pasta Ulam Tsingou chain: Thermalization and anomalous conduction

Presented by Yuri Lvov, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Where: Room 801N, NAMM Building Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou (FPUT) chain is a simplified model of a one dimensional crystal, consisting of atoms linked by anharmonic chains. This model was introduced in the fifties of the previous century in Los Alamos to study heat conduction in solids. Despite the fact that

Academic Works Demystified

What is Academic Works and how does it benefit you as a scholar? You will learn more about how and why publishers allow you to contribute to Academic Works and

Prepare to be an effective advisor! – Workshop 1

Did you know that once a student is enrolled at the college, advisement become the responsibility of faculty in the academic departments and programs? Find out how to support student

Physics Department presents Indirect Excitons

Presented by Leonid V. Butov, University of California at San Diego A spatially indirect exciton (IX), also known as an interlayer exciton, is a bound pair of an electron and