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Montclair State Faculty Member Marc Favata Earns Prestigious Simons Fellowship

Award will give physics professor chance to collaborate with scholars around the world

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Mario M. Casabona Future Scientist Awards

Support and learn from students in each department as they demonstrate, present, and compete for this year’s awards.

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Student Profile: Dena Restaino

Doctoral student pursues a life-long marine biology passion

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Marine Biology Master’s student takes flight researching with drones

Lauren O’Neil and Dr. Amy Ferdinand are conducting a study at a pond located in Byram Township in Sussex County, where Lauren is studying the biology of a species of freshwater clam.

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Geoscience Alum Describes His Experience as a Paleontology Intern

Matthew Ferlicchi knew he had a passion for fossils and understanding life’s past after his experience earning his Master’s here at Montclair which lead him to an internship in Death Valley.

Rendering of neutron stars orbiting and colliding

Groundbreaking Discovery by LIGO/Virgo Solves Cosmic Mystery

Faculty contribute to detection of neutron stars’ collision

Associate Professor Marc Favata and Assistant Professor Rodica Martin

Physics Faculty, Members of LIGO Team, Comment on 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics

Professors Rodica Martin and Marc Favata describe impact of ground-breaking work

Artist’s depiction of the merger of two black holes and the gravitational waves that ripple outward as the black holes spiral toward each other.

Listening to the Universe

Scientists proving Einstein’s theories usher in new field of gravitational-wave astronomy

Dr. John Smallwood with an American Kestrel

John Smallwood, Biology, Elected American Ornithological Society Fellow

The American Ornithological Society (AOS), the most prestigious professional society in the discipline, chooses Fellows based on their exceptional and sustained contributions to ornithology.

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PSEG ISS Program Receives NSF-INCLUDES Award

Sustainability Teams Empower and Amplify Membership in STEM (S-TEAMS) named 1 of 27 new NSF INCLUDES awards which aim to enhance U.S. science and engineering enterprise.

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2018 Governor’s STEM Scholars Applications Now Open

A public-private partnership among the Research & Development Council of New Jersey, Governor’s Office, New Jersey Department of Education, and Secretary of Higher Education, this program brings together a diverse and representative group of high school and post-secondary student leaders who are interested in pursuing a STEM-related major and career in New Jersey’s vast STEM economy.

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Apply to be a CMS Scholar

The Creativity in Mathematics and Science Program funded by the NSF is accepting applications for their first cohort of scholars.