Public Safety is tracking a significant snowfall that will be arriving in our area late Sunday morning (Jan. 25). It will snow heavily throughout the day and evening eventually tapering off Monday (Jan. 26) with 10-14 inches expected statewide. A sleet and freezing rain mix is also possible along the shore. Temperatures will be in the teens and twenties.
Due to this significant winter storm and the extensive campus clean-up operations that will need to take place, all in-person day and evening classes scheduled for Monday, January 26, 2026 have been cancelled. All scheduled in-person classes will transition to being held online or remotely. Additional information on the virtual format for each class will be provided by your instructor.
Faculty have been asked to prepare for Online or Remote sessions in the event of in-person meeting cancellations. These options will be determined by the Faculty member and all questions should be directed to the Faculty teaching each course section. Faculty also have been asked to be very understanding and accommodating of the individual situations of their students who may have difficulty managing these alternative online or remote class meetings on short notice.
Please note that only essential employees, as previously determined by their respective department leaders, should report to campus. All other employees should fulfill the requirements of their role remotely.
Campus operations for residential students, unless otherwise noted, will operate as scheduled, though hours may be modified or changed based on the conditions. Separate messages will be sent from the Peterson Library, the Beckerman Recreation Center, and Dining Services regarding any changes to their normal hours of operation. The Bergami Center for Science, Technology, and Innovation will remain open for residential students to use for study space and to participate in online classes.
Off-campus students that live in the City of West Haven should abide by the city’s parking ban during inclement weather to avoid having their vehicle tagged and towed. Please check the City of West Haven’s website for further information on their snow parking ban.
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As a member of the University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program and a 2021 McHale Fellow, I am conducting theoretical research on how the shape of the universe can explain dark matter and dark energy. The findings of this research may have further implications in the future survey of the universe, informing us of what to expect at the edge of the observable cosmos.
September 5, 2021
As an international student from China, I am currently a junior majoring in mathematics and minoring in physics. I wish to build a career as a researcher to study cosmology-related topics in the future. The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program provided me with an invaluable opportunity to have hands-on experience in research and encouraged me to challenge the limit of my knowledge base.
I have always been fascinated by how mathematics can describe the distant universe. Upon finding my true passion in mathematics and physics, I reached out to Dr. Poplawski and Dr. Green for a potential SURF research topic. Our research challenges the particle-based theories and expands on how a 5-dimensional (5D) hypersphere embodies the properties of dark matter and dark energy.
Dark energy denotes the force driving the accelerating expansion of the universe, while dark matter describes the unknown matter that interacts gravitationally. They together constitute 95 percent of the universe. There has been no theory or hypothesized particle that can fully explain their existence.
We first constructed 5D formalism using the same strategy of constructing a 3D sphere, and we established the coordinates of stereographic projection. After applying the 5D geometry, we resolved the relationship between the radius of the 5D sphere and the dark energy. Currently we are using phenomenology (trial and error) to identify a correction term that includes dark matter. We will compare the phenomenology term with the correction term derived from stereographic projection in the end.
Working on this project has opened my eyes to how complicated and indicative mathematic equations can be. There have been times that math equations are too complicated for me to follow. I took time and wrote in a notebook all the derivations and looked through them regularly. I am also amazed at how different aspects of physics play roles within one topic.
Dr. Poplawski has helped lead me into the logical and mathematical interpretation of the topic, and Dr. Green has engaged me in various ways to graph and integrate equations. With all the help from my mentors and the SURF team, I was able to understand and develop research that, we believe, is both intriguing and comprehensive. I look forward to my future research experience and developing a further understanding of the universe.
Hang Su ’23, a mathematics major and physics minor at the University of New Haven, is working under the mentorship of Nikodem Poplawski, Ph.D. and Kevin Green, Ph.D.
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New University-wide council will advance strategic partnerships, immersive student opportunities, and innovative research, supporting the University’s strategic plan the development of its pioneering Center for Innovation and Applied Technology.
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Entrepreneur David Sussman, Pompea College of Business Advisory Board Member and chief visionary officer of The Family Security Plan®, is collaborating with University of New Haven students, faculty, and staff to create a program and app that helps Chargers support each other to achieve academic, personal, and professional goals. It’s called Uccountability.
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Vice President for Innovation and Applied Technology Paul Lavoie will serve on the Board of Directors and as America’s Chief Manufacturing Officer for the newly launched American Manufacturing Futures Institute.