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July 2024
07-30-2024
Associate Professor of Chemistry Emily McLaughlin has been named by the American Chemical Society (ACS) as an ACS Fellow for 2024. ACS Fellows are recognized and honored for their outstanding achievements in and contributions to the science and the profession and for their equally exemplary volunteer service to the ACS. This year, the ACS selected 37 fellows who will be recognized by an award ceremony and reception at the ACS Fall 2024 “Elevating Chemistry” meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Photo: Associate Dean of the College and Associate Professor of Chemistry Emily McLaughlin.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Academics,Chemistry Program,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Faculty |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Academics,Chemistry Program,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Faculty |
07-09-2024
Associate Professor of Physics Paul Cadden-Zimansky and three recent Bard graduates in physics and mathematics Li-Heng Henry Chang ’23, Ziyu Xu ’23, and Shea Roccaforte ’21, have coauthored the cover story in the July 2024 issue of the American Journal of Physics. Their peer-reviewed research article, “Geometric visualizations of single and entangled qubits,” presents a new way of visualizing the phenomenon of quantum entanglement between two interacting objects. Intended for a range of audiences—from students just starting to learn about concepts in quantum mechanics to active researchers who are using quantum bits ("qubits") to create new types of computers, sensors, and secure communication systems—the article focuses on visual tools and maps that can be used to complement the formal mathematics and algebra of quantum mechanics.
Photo: Clockwise from top left: Associate Professor of Physics Paul Cadden-Zimansky, Ziyu Xu ’23, Shea Roccaforte ’21, Li-Heng Henry Chang ’23.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni,Faculty | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Mathematics Program,Physics Program,Science, Technology, and Society |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni,Faculty | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Mathematics Program,Physics Program,Science, Technology, and Society |
07-09-2024
Valerie Barr, Margaret Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Bard College, together with Carla E. Brodley and Manuel Pérez-Quiñones, examines in a new study how institutions of higher learning should reconsider the metrics by which they measure data to improve diversity and broadening participation in computing analysis and assessment. “Concerns about representation in computing within the US have driven numerous activities to broaden participation,” they write. However, as Barr points out, “the standard analysis of computer science degree data does not account for the changing demographics of the undergraduate population in terms of overall numbers and relative proportion of federally designated gender, race, and ethnicity groupings.” The study argues that the consideration of students’ intersectional identities, along with using multiple data-analysis methods, would aid in more accurate assessments of the effectiveness of curricular, pedagogic, and institutional interventions for expanding representation in computing.
Photo: Valerie Barr. Photo by Shaunessy Renker ’23
Meta: Type(s): Faculty,Staff | Subject(s): Academics,Computer Science,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Faculty |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty,Staff | Subject(s): Academics,Computer Science,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Faculty |
07-02-2024
On the occasion of the Rubik’s Cube’s 50th anniversary, Associate Professor of Mathematics Lauren Rose was interviewed on the Today Show and quoted in the New York Times about using the Rubik’s Cube as a teaching tool. Invented by Erno Rubik in 1974, the Rubik’s Cube has 43 quintillion permutations, and an estimated one in seven people in the world have played the puzzle. Rose, who can solve the cube in under a minute, uses the Rubik’s Cube to teach both math majors and non-STEM majors. “I can get students who hate math to learn how to solve the cube and then I can say, ‘You know, you just did math,’” says Rose. She believes the Rubik’s Cube’s enduring appeal is that it is “so fun and accessible.”
Photo: Associate Professor of Mathematics Lauren Rose.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Mathematics Program |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Mathematics Program |
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