Washington, D.C – Before studying galaxies too distant to see from Earth, Kyla Mullaney grew up looking at our own Milky Way stars from Maryland’s rural Eastern Shore. Now, as a SURA post-bac scientist in the CRESST II program, Mullaney spends her days using...
Washington, D.C. – The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Natasha Sheybani, Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia (UVA), has been awarded the 2026 Early Career Scientist Award. Each year, this distinction...
Washington, D.C. – The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) has selected two researchers for the 2026 SURA Distinguished Scientist Award: Dr. Sophia Economou, T. Marshall Hahn Jr. Chair in Physics at Virginia Tech, and Dr. John Scully, Charles...
Washington, D.C. – The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) has admitted Purdue University as its newest member institution, joining fifty-six other research universities in the consortium. Approved by the SURA Board of Directors in spring 2026,...
Washington, D.C. – The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) are pleased to announce that Olivia Asher has been selected for the 2026 AIBS & SURA Public Policy Fellowship. This professional...
Washington, D.C. – SURA welcomes new leadership on the 2026 Board of Directors. Leading the 2026 Board, P. Srirama Rao, Ph.D., assumes the role of Chair, with Daniel Sui stepping in as Vice Chair. In addition, the Board has appointed two new Committee Chairs: Joseph...
Washington, D.C. – The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) announced the recipients of the 2025 Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) Graduate Awards. Georgia State University students Anna Gianella and Margie Stricklin, and University of Central...
WASHINGTON D.C. ― The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) proudly announces the recipients of its 2025 Distinguished Scientist Awards: Dr. Hans-Conrad zur Loye of the University of South Carolina and Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul of the University of Florida....
Washington, D.C. – The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Daniel Becker of the University of Oklahoma will receive the 2025 SURA Early Career Scientist Award at the upcoming SURA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.,...
March 27, 2025, Washington, DC – The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Dr. Sean J. Hearne as an AAAS Fellow, one of the most prestigious fellowships in the scientific community. Dr. Hearne was recognized “for distinguished...