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SURA Members Convene at Jefferson Lab for 2026 Annual Members Meeting
On September 23-24, 2026, more than forty leaders from across SURA and its member institutions gathered at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, VA for the 2026 SURA Annual Members Meeting. The two-day meeting built on a shared investment...
Incoming STEM PhD Students Selected by SURA for 2026 Graduate Awards
Washington, D.C. – The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) has selected four student researchers as recipients of the 2026 SURA Graduate Awards: Courtney Boyd, Ahanab Anab, Haobo Cui, and Liam Babcock. The award recognizes incoming doctoral students...
Scientist Spotlight: Kyla Mullaney, SURA Post-Baccalaureate Researcher
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 high-resolution telescope...
SURA Recognizes Natasha Sheybani with Early Career Scientist Award
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...
SURA Announces Sophia Economou and John Scully as 2026 Distinguished Scientist Award Recipients
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...
SURA Welcomes Purdue University to Member Consortium
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,...
Celebrating the Start of SURATech Leadership at Jefferson Lab
This month, the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) began a new phase of leadership at Jefferson Lab under SURATech, a strategic partnership with Virginia Tech designed to lead the laboratory’s next chapter. To commemorate the start of SURATech’s...
UGA Bioinformatics Student Selected for 2026 AIBS & SURA Policy Fellowship
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...
SURA Announces New Leadership on the Board of Directors
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...
Scientist Spotlight: SURA Senior Researcher Robert Lirette
"These things," Dr. Robert Lirette grins, waving his smartphone, "these things have a ton of them." He is talking about piezoelectric materials, one facet of his research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). While smartphones are hard to avoid...