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Shirley Peng ’12, right, a chemistry major and journalism minor, talks with Fehmi Damkaci, assistant professor of chemistry and associate dean of graduate studies about the possibility of mentoring freshmen and sophomore STEM majors whose difficulties with required math and chemistry courses can lead to academic disqualification, changes in major or transfer.

$872,523 grant to help younger students stay with STEM

The National Science Foundation recently awarded SUNY Oswego a five-year, $872,523 grant to boost the retention of freshmen and sophomores in STEM majors.

| Jan 15, 2013 | Comments 0
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cott Steiger ’99, center, assistant professor of meteorology, explains uses of the rolling radar and laboratory known as a Doppler-on-Wheels to Charles Colville, director, left, and Helen Czerski, physicist and presenter, of a British Broadcasting Corp. team in Oswego this January for a segment of an upcoming Discovery Channel series titled “23 Degrees.”

Lake-effect fame spreads abroad

Winter break’s heavy snows and a radar-lugging vehicle known as a Doppler-on-Wheels have enabled Professor Scott Steiger ’99 and several meteorology students to witness never-before-seen phenomena — like a line of seven tornado-like waterspouts in one lake-effect storm — and to collect unique data.

| Apr 18, 2011 | Comments 0
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Meteorology Professor Scott Steiger ’99 shows images of the Doppler-on-Wheels truck and the data it will collect.

NSF fuels snow hunt

An $86,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will provide SUNY Oswego meteorology faculty member Scott Steiger ’99 and his students the tools to chase the most intense snowstorms and collect first-of-its-kind data.

| Mar 07, 2011 | Comments 0
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Rhonda Mandel, left, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Webe Kadima, associate professor of chemistry, look over SUNY Oswego’s successful application for a $200,000 grant to study the status of women faculty in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, disciplines at the college. Kadima is principal investigator for the two-year National Science Foundation catalyst grant. Researchers aim to learn whether anything — from policies to practices — holds back women in STEM in terms of recruitment, hiring, retention and promotion. The award will help determine whether SUNY Oswego may be a candidate for a much larger “institutional transformation” grant.

$200K funds study on women in sciences

SUNY Oswego’s will receive a $200,000 grant to study the status of women faculty in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, disciplines at the college.

| Mar 03, 2011 | Comments 0
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