Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works
All across campus and around the world鈥攐r even beyond, given our observatory atop Blodgett Hall鈥攖he inquisitive minds at 成人影片 are pursuing passions, finding solutions and contributing ideas and original knowledge to their fields and to society at large.
Rethinking Adult Social Relationships
Associate Dean Katherine Fiori, PhD, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, talks about her research, aimed at understanding how adults can best 鈥渓ead a happy, healthy life.鈥� They need not just close family ties, she said, but also so-called 鈥渨eak ties鈥� that present stimulation and 鈥渘ovel opportunities鈥� for social interaction.
Research on Home Healthcare for Older Americans
College of Nursing and Public Health Assistant Professor Zainab Toteh Osakwe 鈥�06,聽聽PhD, discusses the importance of home health aides for the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York鈥攁nd the role of the Clinical Education and Simulation Lab (CESiL) home-care setting in nurses鈥� training.
Transforming STEM in Higher Education
成人影片 University鈥檚 Professor Lawrence Hobbie, PhD, and Associate Professor Eugenia Villa-Cuesta, PhD, discuss聽their multidisciplinary effort聽to inspire diverse students to enter the STEM workforce through the聽STEM2 Network.聽This project is聽funded by a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation grant and聽involves collaboration with聽biology, chemistry and math聽faculty聽at four other local institutions.
This research and scholarship enrich the 成人影片 educational experience for our students and contribute to their success.
At 成人影片, our scholars are constantly asking new questions, examining current understandings, and offering new insights to our communities. Our creative artists undertake new works and interpretations of existing works to open our minds and hearts to new ways of being. Taken together, 成人影片’s faculty are leading the way in informing the world towards a better future.
Christopher Storm, PhD
Provost and Executive Vice President
Collaborative. Cutting-Edge. Creative.
成人影片 University values, supports and promotes faculty scholarly and creative works. This drive to find new knowledge helps fuel our world-class academics and increases our national recognition. A well-resourced institution near New York City, 成人影片 attracts and retains world-class faculty members drawn to opportunities for intellectual and scholarly growth.
成人影片 faculty members often collaborate with peers at other universities or embark on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research projects with other departments at 成人影片 and partner schools. Our researchers often enlist 成人影片 graduate and undergraduate students in high-level research projects, creating a truly transformative learning experience.
Faculty members鈥� research sometimes results in cutting-edge discoveries and solutions that lead to advancements in their respective fields: new cures and treatments and novel teaching methods.
Our multi-talented faculty members contribute creative works to a variety of disciplines in the arts and media: music, drama, fine arts, literature, journalism, oral history and other forms of creative expression.
A. Hasan Sapci, MD
A. Hasan Sapci, MD, assistant professor in 成人影片鈥檚 College of Nursing and Public Health, is a leading telemedicine researcher; his Smart Home for Home Healthcare Lab helps nursing students monitor patients remotely.
Paul Moravec, DMA
Paul Moravec, DMA, composer and 成人影片 professor, received the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Music for Tempest Fantasy, a work inspired by the Shakespeare play.
Research Recognition: Grants, Fellowships and Awards
成人影片 faculty members have been honored with prestigious scholarly awards and honors, and they have also received national and international grants and funding to further their research. These honors come from organizations such as:聽
- Fulbright Program
- Guggenheim Fellowships
- Pulitzer Prizes
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Science Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Department of Education聽
Keeping Up With Faculty Scholarship and Creativity
We love sharing stories about faculty scholarship and creative works, and you will find stories and mentions sprinkled throughout our website and various publications. Here are a few spots you might find some recent research news:
