Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity - News & Stories

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Faculty News & Stories

Student News & Stories

Robert E. Wall Faculty Award Winner - Donald Gibson

Could the gentle flap of a butterfly wing in China set off a tornado in Texas?

Fairfield University professor wins award for dedication to "Lake Lilli"

Meredith Wallace Kazer Earns Top Nursing Honor

Dr. Angela Harkins Receives the CAS Distinguished Teaching Award

Prof. Jo Yarrington Wins Wall Award

School of Engineering Assistant Professor Ryan Munden Receives Grant to Study Solar Cells for Residential Rooftops and Spacecrafts

Fairfield University's College of Arts and Sciences faculty awarded $1,400,000 in research grants in 2010

Fairfield University professor Jean Lange, "a national voice for geriatric nursing," recognized with one of the highest honors in the nursing profession

Fairfield professor helps develop cutting-edge model to monitor cellular change

Fairfield professor says NASA's close encounter with bacterium helps us understand what is possible but doesn't represent alien life

Fairfield University professor leads early childhood education team to South Africa with Rotary Foundation grant

Fairfield University professor Debra M. Strauss says nation's pending landmark food safety law represents a mandate

A picture is worth a thousand words: Fairfield University professor conducts study on photograph-induced memory errors

Department of Higher Education bestows Community Service Award on Fairfield University scholar

Fairfield University School of Nursing professor named to American Academy of Nursing's 2011 Class of Fellows

Fairfield University nursing faculty member receives fellowship to further her research at Bridgeport Hospital and Saint Raphael

Going the extra mile for cancer research

Dr. Shelley Phelan awarded $383,000 NIH grant to extend Fairfield University BASE Camp

Prominent national Greek-American organization recognizes Fairfield University professor for years of scholarship in Greek antiquity

Resource on environmental policy, climate change and global environmental concerns: Dr. David Downie, Fairfield University's director of Environmental Studies and associate professor of Politics

Writer and mentor Lary Bloom to receive 2010 award for Lifetime Achievement to Literary Community

Young women from Bridgeport public high schools to study at residential science camp this summer at Fairfield University

Two Fairfield University professors awarded prestigious NEH and ACLS grants

Fairfield University awarded gold 'Innovation Prize' for online tool created by faculty member Curt Naser

Fairfield University's Rev. John M. Conlisk Irish Scholarship awarded to 18th student from Ireland

Fairfield University's Betsy Bowen named Professor of the Year

New Grants for the School of Engineering

CT Nurses' Association Awards Highest Honor to SON Professor Sheila Grossman

Dr. Katherine Schwab's Research Drawings on Display at New Acropolis Museum in Athens

Dr. Min Xu is on the verge of an advance in the science of cancer detection

Bowen named state Professor of the Year

Lange named a FAAN fellow

Laura Nash is Named Top State Professor

Faculty Honored

Two Fairfield University professors awarded prestigious NEH and ACLS grants

Fairfield University Professor Donald E. Gibson selected the 2010-2011 Robert E. Wall Faculty Award winner to research anger in the workplace

Research in High Atlas Mountains Receives National Recognition

The Biggest Science Project in the World

Faculty Honored

Documentary now available of ancient Caryatid hairstyles being brought to life

Fairfield University School of Engineering Assistant Professor Ryan Munden receives grant to study solar cells for residential rooftops and spacecrafts

Largest database of women poets to be launched in Washington, D.C. on March 27

Gregory Koutmos, Fairfield University's Gerald M. Levin Professor of Finance, receives honorary degree from prestigious Swedish School of Economics

Jean W. Lange, a professor of nursing at Fairfield University, honored for her outstanding contributions to improving palliative care

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) restarts with a "bang" after being shut down for over a year

Fairfield University music program director, Dr. Laura Nash named 2009 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Connecticut Professor of the Year

Teaching Connecticut Professor of the Year

Dr. Kathleen Wheeler, professor of nursing at Fairfield University, honored with the highest national award in the nursing profession

Philosophy professor develops online course management and assessment system that is going commercial

Connecticut Nurses' Association awards highest honor to Fairfield University School of Nursing professor Sheila Carey Grossman

Fairfield University Art History professor's research drawings on display at New Acropolis Museum in Athens

Fairfield University History professor, Dr. Yohuru Williams, invited to present at 39th Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Issue Forum

Congressional Black Caucus Issue Forum

National Institutes of Health awards Fairfield University science faculty members $433,000 for cancer research

National Institutes of Health awards Fairfield University science faculty members $433,000 for cancer research

Brendan Hermalyn '07, Mike Zafetti '07, Jessica Kurose '07, John Stupak '07: Stags in Space, Still Flying High

Two Fairfield Grads named Fulbright Scholars

A pair of 'cloud computing' grants from NASA and Amazon will enable Fairfield University's School of Engineering students to work on challenging research

Fairfield University School of Engineering students to gain valuable knowledge thanks to Connecticut Space Grant

Academic awards ceremony recognizes outstanding liberal arts students at Fairfield University

Fairfield University students earn top honors for academic excellence and community service

Undergraduate students conduct math research at Fairfield University with support from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense

Once Upon a Time in South Dakota

Don't Fly for Me Argentina

Platform, Fairfield University's Annual Junior Senior Seminar art exhibition opens April 15 at the Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery

Two Fairfield University students awarded humanities grant

Fairfield University students help Homes for the Brave win grant

Fairfield University's Theatre Fairfield ends 2009 with student-generated theatrical pieces in A Class Act

Ireland native pursuing his dream with help from Fairfield University's Rev. John M. Conlisk Irish Scholarship

Fairfield University guest artists Barbra Berlovitz and Sonya Berlovitz present an edgy version of "Romeo and Juliet"

Alumni News & Stories

Institute of Medicine Elects Dr. Peter Pronovost '87 as a New Member

Matthew Ferrigno '06

Recent graduate of Fairfield University's School of Engineering is first student in Connecticut to be awarded the Connecticut Nanotechnology Minor, Certificate in Nanotechnology

Fulbright awarded to Fairfield University graduate who will travel to Cyprus to study women's role in peace-building

Fairfield University Fulbright scholarship recipient to conduct heart disease and stroke research in Switzerland

Fairfield University alumna, Kristen Record, to receive Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

Record setting day for Fairfield University alumna

Two Fairfield University graduate students win scholarship award from Connecticut Down Syndrome Congress

The Genius

Fairfield University News & Stories

Library Wins Award

Grants & Gifts

Grant money will expand Asian Studies program at Fairfield University

Nearly $700,000 worth of robotic tools donated to Fairfield University's School of Engineering by Boehringer Ingelheim to be used as teaching tools

Fairfield University receives grant to put new top-notch teaching tools in School of Engineering students' hands

Fairfield University's School of Nursing receives $600,000 grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust for baccalaureate nursing scholarships

Fairfield University's College of Arts and Sciences faculty awarded $1,400,000 in research grants in 2010

Fairfield University School of Nursing re-awarded scholarships through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing Program

Fairfield University awarded nearly $300,000 from USAID through Higher Education for Development

Foundation awards Fairfield University $404,000 to establish the Clare Boothe Luce Professorship in Mechanical Engineering

Fairfield University receives Energy Star Award from EPA at Texas ceremony

Fairfield University's signature fundraising event sets new record with $1.75 million for Multicultural Scholarship Fund

Fairfield receives $50,000 grant for mechanical engineering labs

Fairfield University receives Ford Foundation Grant to lead national study of undocumented immigrant students

Year in Review, 2008-09

The Fairfield University DiMenna-Nyselius Library celebrates the acquisition of its 500,000th book

Fairfield University's School of Nursing to have first doctoral program at University

Fairfield University's Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions recognizes extraordinary value in international study tour and expands participation to area professionals

Fairfield University's Center for Academic Excellence receives $200,000 grant from The Davis Educational Foundation to impact teaching of the core curriculum

Fairfield University's School of Nursing awarded major federal grant to instruct nurses in caring for elderly in southwestern Connecticut

Fairfield University's School of Nursing receives grant from the Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Foundation to study impact of prison on individuals with schizophrenia


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