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The Synapse

Updates from the Sciences at Loyola University Maryland

The SynapseUpdates from the Sciences at Loyola UniversityMaryland

April 2022 | Issue 42

The April issue of Synapse highlights exciting NAS events including Celebration of Science week, Grand Seminar lecture, and the Inaugural NAS Scholars Recognition. If a picture worth a thousand words, then this issue of Synapse worth several thousands of words. Moreover, the Grand Seminar talk may suggest that if a picture is worth a thousand words, then a satellite image of the Sun may worth a million of dollars.

Please share your news, photos, inspiring stories, and events for a future issue. Please send any feature suggestions to Bahram Roughani at broughani@loyola.edu.

HIGHLIGHTS & GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS HIGHLIGHTS & GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

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What’s New and Good Under the Sun

This year's Grand Seminar was held on Tuesday, April 5. We welcomed our keynote speaker Dr. Nicola Fox who presented on "What's New and Good Under the Sun". Dr. Fox is Heliophysics Division Director in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.

In addition to students, faculty, staff, and members of community who attended this engaging presentation about sun, we had the pleasure of having President Sawyer welcoming everyone and interim Provost and Vise President for Academics Affairs, Dr. Cheryl Moore-Thomas, introducing our speaker. The images below may provide a window to this exciting keynote event.

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The Inaugural NAS Scholars Recognition Event

One of the highlights of the natural and applied sciences Celebration of Science week was celebrating the achievements of our NAS scholars. Four groups of NAS scholars recognized during this event included Hauber Fellows, Haig Scholars, CPaMS scholars, and Choudhury Sarkar-Dey NAS divisional medal finalists and medalist. Moreover, the pinning for University innovation Fellows (UIFs) was conducted during this event.

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Hauber Fellows

Graduating Hauber Fellows with President Sawyer, Dean Fowl, and Associate Dean Roughani after Hauber Fellows receiving their certificate of accomplishment.
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CPaMS Scholars

Graduating CPaMS scholars with President Sawyer, Dean Fowl, program co-director for CPaMS, Professor Lisa Oberbroeckling, and Associate Dean Roughani.
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Choudhury Sarkar-Dey NAS divisional medal

Choudhury Sarkar-Dey medal finalists with President Sawyer, Dean Fowl, Professor Dipa Sarkar-Dey, and Associate Dean Roughani.
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University Innovation Fellows

The University Innovation Fellow (UIFs) with President Sawyer, Dean Fowl, and Associate Dean Roughani Following UIF pinning in a group picture.
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Choudhury Sarkar-Dey NAS divisional medal

Dr. Dipa Sarkar-Dey who established the Choudhury Sarkar-Dey NAS medal addressing the divisional medal finalists and the medal recipient.

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Haig Scholars

Graduating Haig Scholars who received their graduation cords in a group picture with president Sawyer, Dean Fowl, and Associate Dean Roughani.
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2022 Choudhury Sarkar-Dey Medal presented to biochemistry major Alejandro Perez

The Choudhury Sarkar-Dey medal for Natural and Applied Sciences was established through the generous philanthropy of professor of mathematics and statistics Dipa Sarkar-Dey, Ph.D. This medal is presented to an exemplary undergraduate senior majoring in the sciences who shows commitment to diversity and engagement with community service and justice. We are pleased to announce this year's recipient is biochemistry major Alejandro Perez, '22.

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