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Faculty Friday: Dr. Clay Wright '19
CLINTON, South Carolina, March 20 -- Presbyterian College posted the following news:
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Faculty Friday: Dr. Clay Wright '19
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Presbyterian College physics professor and alumnus finds joy in helping students
Dr. Clay Wright has loved math and science for as long as he can remember.
As a high school student, he initially thought he wanted to pursue a career as a medical doctor, until he took a physics class and began thinking about pursuing engineering instead.
When he began his collegiate career at PC, he was interested in the college's physics and engineering dual degree program, which
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CLINTON, South Carolina, March 20 -- Presbyterian College posted the following news:
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Faculty Friday: Dr. Clay Wright '19
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Presbyterian College physics professor and alumnus finds joy in helping students
Dr. Clay Wright has loved math and science for as long as he can remember.
As a high school student, he initially thought he wanted to pursue a career as a medical doctor, until he took a physics class and began thinking about pursuing engineering instead.
When he began his collegiate career at PC, he was interested in the college's physics and engineering dual degree program, whichwould allow him to attend PC for three years before transferring to an engineering school, though that plan quickly changed.
"I liked it here so much, I wanted to stay for all four years," he said.
After earning his Bachelor of Science in physics and applied mathematics from PC in 2019, Wright attended Georgia Tech, where he earned his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering.
During his time in graduate school, Wright was faced with two paths: a career focused on intense research or a career focused on teaching.
"I knew I wanted to teach for sure," he said.
Living in Atlanta at the time, Wright, a Clinton native, wanted nothing more than to return to the slow pace he was familiar with, so when he stumbled across an open teaching position at Presbyterian College, it felt like fate.
" love it. I wouldn't do anything else. I love interacting with students, and I love having a job where I get to learn all the time."
Dr. Clay Wright, Assistant Professor of Physics
Seeing PC in a new light
Wright returned to PC as an assistant professor of physics in January of 2025. In just over a year, he's already made a tremendous impact, even having been selected for the 2025 South Carolina EPSCoR Faculty Research Development Academy, which is designed to help prepare researchers at undergraduate institutions to apply for major federal grants.
Wright truly loves every aspect of what he does, and it shows in the way he teaches and how he interacts with students.
"I love it. I wouldn't do anything else," he said. "I love interacting with students, and I love having a job where I get to learn all the time."
Wright has enjoyed every moment of his time spent at the college as a professor, but without a doubt, what he values most about the opportunity to experience PC from a new perspective is seeing just how much students grow over the years.
"Physics is hard for everyone, even the people who are good at it," he said. "But once it clicks, that's a really awesome thing, and to try to help other people experience that and see them grow has been the best part."
The biggest challenge Wright has faced so far? Getting to know the physics faculty as his colleagues and friends rather than as their student, particularly Dr. Eli Owens, who served as his mentor.
"When I was a student here, Dr. Owens was my professor, so the hardest part has been calling him by his name and not 'Dr. Owens' anymore," he joked.
Excitement for the future
When Wright thinks about the coming years that he'll spend at Presbyterian College, he's most excited about all of the new students the future will bring and the opportunity to continue doing what he loves the most. "I think we have a lot of really cool programs that we're trying to get off the ground, and I'm just really excited about the direction the college is heading," he said
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Original text here: https://www.presby.edu/faculty-friday-clay-wright/
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School: First Year PhD Student Connor Lewis Co-authors New England Journal of Medicine Article
WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news:
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First year MD/PhD student Connor Lewis co-authors New England Journal of Medicine article
Neuroimaging patterns of clinical trial patients with GM1 gangliosidosis show improvement
By Jim Fessenden
Using computational methods he developed, first year MD/PhD student Connor J. Lewis found that results of a Phase I/II clinical trial for a single infusion of an adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene vector for Type II GM1 gangliosidosis showed improved neuroimaging patterns
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WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news:
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First year MD/PhD student Connor Lewis co-authors New England Journal of Medicine article
Neuroimaging patterns of clinical trial patients with GM1 gangliosidosis show improvement
By Jim Fessenden
Using computational methods he developed, first year MD/PhD student Connor J. Lewis found that results of a Phase I/II clinical trial for a single infusion of an adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene vector for Type II GM1 gangliosidosis showed improved neuroimaging patternsfollowing treatment. The results of the study, co-authored by Lewis and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, also showed improved biomarkers and stable or improved rates of developmental deterioration in some patients.
Led by Cynthia Tifft, MD, PhD, deputy clinical director at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in Bethesda, Maryland, the trial used an AAV vector developed by Miguel Sena-Esteves, PhD, associate professor of genetic & cellular medicine, and Heather L. Gray-Edwards, DVM, PhD, associate professor of genetic & cellular medicine, at UMass Chan Medical School.
Lewis began working with Dr. Tifft at the NHGRI as a post-baccalaureate intramural research trainee after graduating with a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2023. His work at the NHGRI included collaborating with Dr. Sena-Esteves and Dr. Gray-Edwards, as well as Terence R. Flotte, MD, the Elisabeth Chair for the Dean of Medicine, provost and executive deputy chancellor, and Allison Keeler, PhD'14, assistant professor of genetics & cellular medicine, at UMass Chan, on several gene therapy studies for GM1 and GM2 gangliosidosis.
"My contribution to the study was in advanced neuroimaging analysis," said Lewis. "I developed computational methods of interpreting diffusion tensor imaging, which allow for the viewing of changes in neuronal pathways. In this study, we were able to use these techniques to map neuronal pathways in patients before and after treatment and compare them for neuronal loss or growth."
Diffusion tensor imaging is an advanced MRI technique that compares and combines multiple images to map exact white matter segments showing neuronal injury or change. It improves upon conventional imaging by specifically tracking the directional movement of water molecules in the brain through diffusion. By following changes to how water moves in the brain, scientists and clinicians can generate quantitative data tracking disease progression in patients with multiple sclerosis, ALS and other conditions such as GM1 and GM2.
Typically, neuroimaging has shown consistent declines in neuronal fiber-tract number and volume in patients with GM1 gangliosidosis. Patients treated in the study, however, showed gains in neuronal fiber tracts up to three years post-treatment, suggesting a move in a positive direction for treatment.
"What Connor has done is incredibly important for the field. This technology shows the impact gene therapy can have at the most fundamental level," said Sena-Esteves. "It gives a representation of an effect we often struggle to see."
GM1 gangliosidosis is a rare and fatal lysosomal storage disorder caused by a mutation in the GLB1 gene that leads to a deficiency in the beta-galactosidase enzyme. This deficiency causes toxic accumulation of gangliosides in neuronal cells, leading to progressive neurodegeneration, developmental regression and death. Patients diagnosed with Type II GM1 gangliosidosis have an average lifespan of 20 to 40 years.
It was Lewis's collaboration with Sena-Esteves, Gray-Edwards and Dr. Flotte that led him to apply to UMass Chan's MD/PhD program.
"I had strong mentors in place at UMass Chan. For students interested in gene therapy, there are exciting things happening and UMass Chan is the place to be," said Lewis. "I knew that coming here I'd be able to continue on this path of researching gene therapy, neuroimaging and rare diseases."
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Original text here: https://www.umassmed.edu/news/articles/2026/03/first-year-mdphd-student-connor-lewis-co-authors-new-england-journal-of-medicine-article/
St. Catherine University: 'Ordinary People Working Together' - 2026 Kelly Lecturer Valerie Jarrett Affirms Importance of Connection, Hope
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 14 -- St. Catherine University issued the following news:
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"Ordinary people working together": 2026 Kelly Lecturer Valerie Jarrett affirms importance of connection, hope
Speaking at The O'Shaughnessy, Jarrett shared the path from her childhood in Iran to her role as senior advisor to President Obama.
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On March 5, the Honorable Valerie Jarrett, JD, took the stage at St. Catherine University's The O'Shaughnessy as the 2026 Bonnie Jean Kelly and Joan Kelly Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Jarrett, CEO of The Barack Obama Foundation, shared stories from her career
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ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 14 -- St. Catherine University issued the following news:
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"Ordinary people working together": 2026 Kelly Lecturer Valerie Jarrett affirms importance of connection, hope
Speaking at The O'Shaughnessy, Jarrett shared the path from her childhood in Iran to her role as senior advisor to President Obama.
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On March 5, the Honorable Valerie Jarrett, JD, took the stage at St. Catherine University's The O'Shaughnessy as the 2026 Bonnie Jean Kelly and Joan Kelly Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Jarrett, CEO of The Barack Obama Foundation, shared stories from her careerin politics and advice for those seeking to make a difference.
Jarrett was senior advisor to President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, the longest-serving senior advisor to a president in history. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward. St. Kate's President Marcheta P. Evans, PhD, introduced Jarrett onstage, saying, "Her work reflects a lifelong commitment to expanding access, cultivating leadership, and strengthening civic engagement. In other words, giving so that others may gain."
Jarrett began her lecture by acknowledging the reality of Minnesotan daily life for the past few months during the federal government's Operation Metro Surge. She said earlier that day she met with some of her local friends, who spoke to her of their love for their community.
"I know that many of you have been doing what they've been doing," said Jarrett, "whether it's delivering food to people who are afraid to come out of their homes, or ensuring safe transport of children to and from school, participating in peaceful demonstrations, [or] opening your hospitals, your houses of worship, your hearts to strangers who live in your community and contribute mightily to your community."
Such a resolute commitment, Jarrett added, demonstrates one of the greatest lessons she has learned in a life of public service: "Ordinary people, working together with a deep appreciation of the values upon which our democracy was founded, are capable of doing extraordinary things."
"Listen to the quiet voice inside you"
Jarrett was born in Shiraz, Iran, after her parents moved from the United States so her father, a physician, could take a job as chair of the department of pathology at a newly founded hospital. It was an opportunity that was not available to him back home during the Jim Crow era, and it gave Jarrett an early exposure to other languages and cultures. The family lived in Iran until she was five, in a compound for hospital staff where she met children from all over the world and learned to find common ground with people from different backgrounds.
As an adult back in Chicago, Jarrett began her career as a lawyer and then pivoted to working in local government after realizing she was "miserable" in corporate law. She worked as Mayor Richard Daly's deputy chief of staff, and found the role to be much more fulfilling: "I discovered my voice, not by advocating for myself, but by advocating for people who didn't have a voice, and I found that extraordinarily empowering."
While reflecting on her journey, Jarrett shared advice for students considering their own future career paths -- and for anyone wondering about their next steps. "What motivates you?" she asked. "You have to do that. You have to listen to the most important voice, which is the quiet voice inside of you, and you really have to develop a sense of resilience and grit and determination."
Following her speech, Jarrett participated in a conversation moderated by local journalist Brandi Powell of KSTP News, where she discussed the joys and challenges of being a working mother, experiences of imposter syndrome, and memories from the campaign trail with President Obama.
Throughout the evening, Jarrett spoke to the value of sharing personal stories and being authentic -- even in professional settings. "It's just healthier to be open and to be honest and to be vulnerable," she said. "I think in a different way, women are concerned that vulnerability is a weakness. It's not. It's actually a strength. If you have the confidence enough to be vulnerable with somebody, that says a lot about your character and your strength."
Jarrett acknowledged the difficulty of maintaining hope in hard times, but encouraged the audience to remain committed to the long work of change.
"Our democracy is not self-executing," Jarrett said. "It is not a spectator sport. It requires every one of us to roll up our sleeves and get involved and to recognize that sometimes change happens quickly -- but if it feels like it happens quickly, it's because of the decades of work that led up to that thunderbolt moment."
"We don't necessarily get to be there for the thunderbolt," she continued. For example, she mentioned, few of the early suffragettes lived to see the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote in 1920. "But is there any doubt that, but for their efforts, it would have never happened?"
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About the Kelly Lecture
In 2006, alumna Joan Kelly '46 created the Bonnie Jean Kelly and Joan Kelly Distinguished Visiting Scholars Lecture in honor of her sister, Bonnie Jean Kelly. A successful businesswoman and Phi Beta Kappa graduate in English, Joan (May 22, 1924-Nov. 2, 2016) attended both high school and college on the St. Catherine campus with her sister, Bonnie Jean, who died while a student at St. Kate's.
The other two programs supported include the Bonnie Jean Kelly and Joan Kelly Faculty Excellence Award and the Bonnie Jean Kelly and Joan Kelly Student Excellence in Writing Award.
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Original text here: https://www.stkate.edu/newswire/news/ordinary-people-working-together-2026-kelly-lecturer-valerie-jarrett-affirms
Portsmouth Students Help Inspire 100 Future Scientists During British Science Week
PORTSMOUTH, England, March 14 -- The University of Portsmouth issued the following news:
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Portsmouth students help inspire 100 future scientists during British Science Week
University of Portsmouth students volunteered their time to bring hands-on science to over 100 primary school pupils
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University of Portsmouth students volunteered their time to bring hands-on science to over 100 primary school pupils from Portsmouth's most disadvantaged communities - showing the next generation what a career in STEM looks like.
On Monday (9 March), three University of Portsmouth students - postgraduate
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PORTSMOUTH, England, March 14 -- The University of Portsmouth issued the following news:
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Portsmouth students help inspire 100 future scientists during British Science Week
University of Portsmouth students volunteered their time to bring hands-on science to over 100 primary school pupils
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University of Portsmouth students volunteered their time to bring hands-on science to over 100 primary school pupils from Portsmouth's most disadvantaged communities - showing the next generation what a career in STEM looks like.
On Monday (9 March), three University of Portsmouth students - postgraduateresearchers Sukanya Dhawan and Muhammad Asim, and undergraduate Ruby Trott - joined a community partnership event designed to fire the scientific imagination of 107 Key Stage 2 pupils across the city.
The '100 Future Scientists for Portsmouth 100' event, held during British Science Week, was organised by Portsmouth-based education charity STEMunity in partnership with engineering company Delta Smoke Control and the National Education Union (Portsmouth branch). The initiative focused specifically on schools with high levels of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) need, ensuring science experiences reached children who might not otherwise access them.
The University's students helped guide pupils through a range of practical activities, including building circuits with fruit and Limelight kits, exploring osteo-archaeology, and launching the Big Plastic Count - a national citizen science project that will see children continue tracking plastic waste in their schools and communities. The group also visited the Mary Rose Museum.
Laura Watford, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of STEMunity, said: "When children meet real engineers and scientists from their own city, they start to picture themselves in those roles. Today, I watched that confidence grow in real time."
For the University of Portsmouth students involved, the day offered a chance to put their knowledge to practical use and act as visible role models for local children -demonstrating that scientists and engineers are people from their own community.
The event reflects the University's commitment to civic engagement and widening participation in higher education. By placing students in community settings alongside working engineers and researchers, the initiative bridges the gap between university and the wider Portsmouth public.
Inspiring the Next Generation
Georgios Georgiou from Revolution Plastics Institute also attended to launch the Big Plastic Count, giving pupils a direct connection to active research and citizen science. Each child received a take-home experiment pack, designed to sustain curiosity and extend learning beyond the classroom.
Organisers described the day as "nothing short of joyful," with children and volunteers alike energised by the collaborative spirit of the event.
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Original text here: https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/news/portsmouth-students-help-inspire-100-future-scientists-during-british-science-week
La Salle University Art Museum Receives Lighting Grant
WASHINGTON, March 14 -- La Salle University Art Museum secured a $156,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation to install energy-efficient lighting across its six galleries, ensuring the protection of its collection and improving the environment for 15,000 annual visitors.
The project involves replacing a decades-old halogen system with LED track lighting and dimmer controls. Carolyn Greene, museum director and chief curator, stated the upgrade is essential for the museum to remain a vital cultural space within the Germantown neighborhood. The existing lights, dating back to the 1980s, produce
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WASHINGTON, March 14 -- La Salle University Art Museum secured a $156,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation to install energy-efficient lighting across its six galleries, ensuring the protection of its collection and improving the environment for 15,000 annual visitors.
The project involves replacing a decades-old halogen system with LED track lighting and dimmer controls. Carolyn Greene, museum director and chief curator, stated the upgrade is essential for the museum to remain a vital cultural space within the Germantown neighborhood. The existing lights, dating back to the 1980s, produceexcess heat and UV radiation that strain sensitive artworks, textiles, and paper-based materials.
The installation will finish by the start of the 2026-27 academic year. Greene noted that the LED system provides safer illumination and a longer lifespan. Ian Eichen, director of corporate and foundation grants, worked with Greene to align the museum goals with the foundation focus on making arts spaces accessible and welcoming.
Beyond preservation, the adjustable lighting creates an inclusive environment for visitors with sensory sensitivities. The U.S. based museum hosts 95 university classes each year, ranging from art history to nursing. Faculty members use the galleries to help students analyze paintings and sculptures in person. Greene mentioned that the improvement allows the museum to become a dynamic part of the community, benefiting K-12 students and public lecture attendees. The museum is currently hosting an exhibition celebrating the 250th birthday of the U.S., which remains on display through May 2027.
-- Kripaa Chhughani, Targeted News Service
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Original text posted on March 13, 2026, here: https://www.lasalle.edu/news/la-salle-university-art-museum-receives-156k-grant-from-william-penn-foundation/
Funding Establishes McMaster at the Centre of Canadian Neutron Beam Research
HAMILTON, Ontario, March 14 -- McMaster University issued the following news:
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New funding establishes McMaster at the centre of Canadian neutron beam research
With $13.5 in renewed federal support, McMaster physicists will launch and grow the Canadian Neutron Beam Lab, strengthening a crucial national program that they rescued from the verge of collapse.
By Jay Robb, Faculty of Science
McMaster physicists Bruce Gaulin and Pat Clancy are playing key roles in strengthening a national neutron beam program that was on the verge of collapse eight years ago.
Gaulin and Clancy are co-leads
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HAMILTON, Ontario, March 14 -- McMaster University issued the following news:
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New funding establishes McMaster at the centre of Canadian neutron beam research
With $13.5 in renewed federal support, McMaster physicists will launch and grow the Canadian Neutron Beam Lab, strengthening a crucial national program that they rescued from the verge of collapse.
By Jay Robb, Faculty of Science
McMaster physicists Bruce Gaulin and Pat Clancy are playing key roles in strengthening a national neutron beam program that was on the verge of collapse eight years ago.
Gaulin and Clancy are co-leadsof a cross-Canadian project involving 16 universities that's been awarded $13.5 million from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI).
That funding builds on a previous investment of $14.25 million in CFI funding that Gaulin secured to start rebuilding Canada's neutron beam research.
The investments are a boon for scientists, engineers and all Canadians, says Gaulin, Distinguished University Professor and Brockhouse Chair in the Physics of Materials.
CFI funding has supported the launch and growth of the Canadian Neutron Beam Laboratory at the McMaster Nuclear Reactor, the roll-out and implementation of a national neutron strategy as part of a Canadian long-range plan, the founding of Neutrons Canada and the forging of international partnerships to give Canadian researchers access to world-leading neutron laboratories.
The latest CFI award will support operations at the beam laboratory, construction of a new neutron imaging station, new collaborations with neutron beam facilities in Europe and will fund the technical design study for a new compact accelerator-based neutron source.
All of it aims to support researchers in making new discoveries that drive made-in-Canada innovations in clean energy, transportation, advanced manufacturing, defence, health and medicine, food sustainability and information technologies.
Neutron scattering research also saves lives -- it's used to verify the quality of metal components in every turbine jet engine fan blade being installed on aircraft.
The next generation of innovation
"Neutron scattering is an essential component of Canada's tool kit to solve sophisticated materials research problems," says Gaulin. "Neutron beams are something that Canadian industrial, government and academic researchers absolutely require to remain competitive with the rest of the world."
Streams of neutrons produced by nuclear reactors are used to probe the atomic and molecular structure and dynamics inside materials that can't be studied with any other scientific tools.
This information then allows for a microscopic understanding of the properties of new materials -- properties that can be harnessed and incorporated into new technologies.
"A strong Canada needs a strong neutron beam program," says Clancy, an associate professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy.
"The next generation of innovations in health, science and technology depend on the discovery and development of new materials through leading edge research using neutron beams."
A new lease on life for neutron work
Canada's neutron beam program was on the verge of collapse in 2018 with the closure of the National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River Laboratories in the Ottawa Valley.
The bulk of the country's neutron scattering work -- supporting the research of more than 800 scientists, engineers and students at dozens of Canadian universities -- was carried out at that reactor.
At the same time, Canada's sole partnership with a large-scale American neutron source expired.
Demand now outstripped supply. Canadian researchers were left scrambling for beam time and at serious risk of being left on the sidelines. An estimated 10,000 scientists and engineers around the world rely on neutrons for their research. Those neutrons are supplied by just 15 major sources located primarily in Europe, the United States and Asia.
Even when the National Research Universal Reactor was online, the existing neutron facilities around the world were badly oversubscribed, says Gaulin. Researchers compete for limited available beam times and access to specialized research infrastructure by submitting proposals with no guarantee of being approved. That competition and uncertainty intensified for Canadian researchers in 2018.
Gaulin saw an opportunity for the McMaster Nuclear Reactor to help meet demand and become a long-term Canadian source for neutrons. The research reactor, which came online in 1959, is the only facility of its kind in Canada and just one of seven in North America.
The reactor would play a key role in anchoring Canada's neutron beam program, with both the infrastructure and an expert team of instrument scientists, engineers, technologists and technicians already in place.
The reactor already had two scattering facilities with the space to add more. Clancy helped build the first facility while he was a graduate student with Gaulin's research team. He built the second facility when he returned in 2017 as a postdoctoral fellow and instrument scientist with McMaster's neutron scattering program.
Funding from the CFI helped unlock the McMaster Nuclear Reactor's full potential and secure additional investments. Building on approximately $27 million in federal and provincial infrastructure support, the Canadian Neutron Beam Laboratory officially launched in November 2024. Gaulin serves as the lab's director with Clancy as the deputy director.
The laboratory offers researchers from across the country a suite of facilities to conduct materials research. Three more neutron diffraction instruments plus a neutron imaging instrument are planned in the stations that ring the reactor.
An exciting future
The new CFI funding will provide neutron beam time for materials research on clean energy technology, health and food sustainability and quantum technology, which is where Gaulin and Clancy will focus their research.
Together with professors Meigan Aronson and Alannah Hallas at the University of British Columbia and professor Young-June Kim of University of Toronto, they'll use the Canadian Neutron Beam Laboratory to explore the unique properties of quantum materials.
Quantum processors, superconducting electronics and circuits and spintronics could dramatically enhance the speed and capacity of information technologies.
Clancy says new superconducting materials are ideal candidates for driving advances in fusion energy generation, batteries, sensors and medical applications like next generation magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines.
"We're still early in the rebuilding stage of our national neutron scattering capabilities, with many challenges still to overcome," says Gaulin.
"Nonetheless, this is a very exciting time for neutron scattering research in Canada and around the world, with McMaster and the Canadian Neutron Beam Laboratory at the centre of it."
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This is one of three bold and innovative McMaster projects that received a total of $35 million in federal investment from the Canada Foundation for Innovation this week.
Click here to learn about the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy (https://news.mcmaster.ca/ccem-cfi-critical-minerals-research/).
Click here to learn about the MACMINDS facility (https://news.mcmaster.ca/macminds-mcmaster-to-open-canadas-next-leap-in-archaeological-science/).
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Original text here: https://news.mcmaster.ca/cfi-mcmaster-funding-canadian-neutron-beam-research/
Angler and Writer Nick Lyons to Deliver MSU Library's Trout Lecture on April 28
BOZEMAN, Montana, March 14 -- Montana State University issued the following news:
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Angler and writer Nick Lyons to deliver MSU Library's Trout Lecture on April 28
Nick Lyons, angler, writer and founder of Lyons Press, will present "Evolution of a Fly Fisherman" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, in Inspiration Hall in Montana State University's Norm Asbjornson Hall. The event is part of the MSU Library's annual Trout and Salmonid Lecture Series and is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
Lyons will speak on his evolution of becoming a fly fisherman. He has been angling for more
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BOZEMAN, Montana, March 14 -- Montana State University issued the following news:
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Angler and writer Nick Lyons to deliver MSU Library's Trout Lecture on April 28
Nick Lyons, angler, writer and founder of Lyons Press, will present "Evolution of a Fly Fisherman" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, in Inspiration Hall in Montana State University's Norm Asbjornson Hall. The event is part of the MSU Library's annual Trout and Salmonid Lecture Series and is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
Lyons will speak on his evolution of becoming a fly fisherman. He has been angling for morethan 80 years and started fishing with his grandfather on small lakes in upstate New York when he was just 8 or 9 years old. Lyons will share thoughts, memories and stories he has collected over a lifetime of fishing.
"We are beyond pleased he has agreed to be our 2026 Trout and Salmonid Lecturer," said James Thull, MSU Trout and Salmonid Librarian. "Nick's impact on angling cannot be overstated, and there is no one I can think of who is more loved and respected in the angling community."
Before founding Lyons Press, Lyons was an English professor at Hunter College in New York and an executive editor at Crown Publishers. At Crown, he developed the Sportsmen's Classics series, bringing many classic fly-fishing books back into print and publishing dozens of new, original, practical and literary books in the field. Lyons started the Seasonable Angler column in Fly Fisherman magazine, which he authored for over 25 years, and wrote more than a dozen books of his own, including his popular "Spring Creek."
Lyons' personal papers were acquired by MSU Archives and Special Collections in 2006, with additions in the 2010s and in 2025. The collection now includes more than 60 boxes of letters, notes and other materials related to his career. It is complemented by artwork created by his late wife, Mari Lyons.
"Because of Nick's importance, we'll be featuring a small exhibit about his papers, created by intern Emelia Wood," said Jodi Allison-Bunnell, head of the library's Archives and Special Collections. "This will offer a look into his extensive and important papers for all attendees."
Seating for the lecture is limited, and advance registration is strongly encouraged. Individuals can register online at www.montana.edu/calendar/events/56262 or by calling 406-994-3119.
The annual Trout and Salmonid lecture complements the library's commitment to supporting trout and salmonid studies through its Trout and Salmonid Collection.
For information on the collection, visit www.lib.montana.edu/archives/trout-salmonid.html or contact Thull at 406-994-5305 or jjthull@montana.edu.
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Original text here: https://www.montana.edu/news/25168/angler-and-writer-nick-lyons-to-deliver-msu-library-s-trout-lecture-on-april-28
