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IN A FLASH: This Tree On Campus Is Older Than 51����

A tree growing near the 51���� Women's Center is at least 200 years old. 

51����’s Brain Health Research Institute Hosts University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Anthropology Professor

Ben Campbell spoke on the topic of how the production of the DHEA/DHEAS and GLUD2 hormones plays a role in brain development in humans and other species, a process known as “adrenarche.” 

51���� Celebrates Milestones and Memories at This Year’s Homecoming

It’s time to wear blue and gold as the 51���� Golden Flashes family reunites for Homecoming 2022. 51���� will celebrate Homecoming with activities and events leading up to the Oct. 1 Homecoming Parade and Homecoming football game.

IN A FLASH: 51����'s First Female Athletes

51����'s history of women's athletics goes back more than 100 years. 

Search for Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs

51���� has launched a national search for an accomplished and collaborative leader to serve as our vice president for research and sponsored programs.

Wanna be Confident as Boss? LaunchNET Has Just the Course for You  

Black Women Bosses (BWB) is designed to help participants learn leadership and business skills, gain community and practice self-care and confidence as an entrepreneur.

Black Alumni Chapter Spotlight - Willard Jenkins, ’73

A Lifelong Love of Jazz

51���� graduate serves as artistic director of DC jazzfest

Since his days as an undergraduate

Safer, More Efficient Trauma Room Design Wins Touchstone Award

A substantial amount of time and effort goes into the design of health care environments. In an emergency department, you need optimal conditions to save lives. The Center for Health and Design has awarded Sara Bayramzadeh, assistant professor and Elliot Professor in Health Care Design, the Touchstone Award – Gold Category for conceptual design.

A Decade of Diversity Excellence: 51����’s Diversity Commitment Recognized for 10th Consecutive Year

51����’s commitment to diversity and inclusion has been recognized with the 2022 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. The annual award recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Physics professor receives DOE grant to study the quark-gluon plasma

Up until approximately 10^(-5) seconds after the Big Bang, the Universe was is a primordial state of matter called a quark-gluon plasma (QGP).  This is due to the fact that the early Universe was extremely hot and in such a hot environment normal matter, e.g., atoms, atomic nuclei, and even neutrons and protons, did not exist.

Physics professor receives NIH grants to study membrane proteins

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins.  As an add-on the NIH awarded Dr. Schmidt an instrumentation grant for a high-end Atomic Force Microscope.

Physics Professor receives R35 Grant from the National Institutes for Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins.  As an add-on the NIH awarded Dr. Schmidt an instrumentation grant for a high-end Atomic Force Microscope.