Ty Santiago ’17, Gold Nanoparticle Research
When you think of gold, it’s normally associated with wealth rather than health. SUNY Potsdam alumnus Ty Santiago ’17 is turning that perspective on its head while researching new methods for administering chemotherapeutics through gold nanoparticles. “We load them up (gold nanoparticles) with our anti-cancer drugs and it acts as a vehicle and carries them to the target site,” said Santiago. “You’re not seeing damage to healthy tissue to the extent that you would with the traditional method.”
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Whenever state property is found missing or to have been stolen, the Office of University Police is to be notified immediately. University Police personnel will initiate an immediate investigation and prepare and file required investigative reports.
The Musical Might of Marc Schonbrun
Where tech and music merge with the literary, Crane alum delivers impactMarc Schonbrun '00 came for the music—and stayed for the plot twists that would throw in a literary career and finally land him in key software technology management roles for Apple.Looking back on his trajectory since graduating from The Crane School of Music, Schonbrun remembers a delicate web of events that were impossible to foresee and for which he just had to be grateful—as if they were pulled into place by invisible hands.
Amber Rudolph ’20
Whether she’s visiting an ecovillage in Ireland, conducting a research project on a community garden, or cleaning a boa constrictor tank in the Department of Biology, Amber Rudolph ’20 has been gaining a cornucopia of applied learning experiences, while pursuing a double major in biology and environmental studies at SUNY Potsdam.
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