4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (386+ words) Indian American immunologist Dr. Bernard P. Arulanandam has been appointed vice president for research and innovation at Tufts University and now leads a new office known as the Office of University Research and Innovation (OURI). It will also help coordinate cross-school…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (316+ words) Angad P. Mehta, associate professor of chemistry and T. M. Balthazor Faculty Scholar at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has won the 2026 Young Chemical Biologist Award from the International Chemical Biology Society. The Indian American researcher is being recognized for his research work in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (987+ words) What does it actually mean to be literate in AI, what role does education play in providing AI literacy, and who gets to decide? This inquiry guided our latest Learning Machines Podcast with Sam Illingworth, a professor at Edinburgh Napier…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (300+ words) Biophysicist Deepak Krishnamurthy will join the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, as an assistant professor in January 2027. The appointment marks the launch of his new research space, the Deep Lab for Microbial Biomechanics. Additionally, his…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (325+ words) The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University has expanded its computer science and data science faculty for the 2026–27 academic year, appointing researchers Gautam C. Kamath and Pratyusha Sharma to assistant professorships. Kamath joins Courant’s Computer Science Department…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (332+ words) Rosalind Franklin University (RFU), North Chicago, Illinois-based private health sciences institution, has named Indian American scientist Narayanan (Nara) Parameswaran as its next executive vice president for research, effective Dec. 2, 2026. “Nara brings a proven record of developing partnerships across institutions and…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (356+ words) Indian American scientist M. Parans Paranthaman, distinguished corporate fellow in the Chemical Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been named the 2026 R&D 100 Researcher of the Year. Paranthaman’s 2026 nomination materials list more than 500 peer-reviewed publications, 65 issued U.S. patents…...

1+ mon, 12+ hour ago   (762+ words) At an age when most children are just beginning to explore their academic interests, 11-year-old Indian-American Myra Saxena is already an award-winning scientist, inventor and entrepreneur whose independent research into pediatric Type 2 diabetes has earned recognition at state and national…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (274+ words) Intel Corporation has selected 10 university scientists for its 2025 Outstanding Researcher Awards, recognizing academic projects that advance semiconductor technology and artificial intelligence. Among the honorees are Indian American professors Vijay Raghunathan of Purdue University and Visvesh Sathe of the Georgia Institute…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (313+ words) Vatsan Raman, an associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry in the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been appointed to the interim role of associate dean for research. Raman, a Wisconsin Energy Institute affiliate,…...