The late Jay N. Zemel 鈥�49, G鈥�53, G鈥�56 was a renowned researcher and educator. He took what he learned at 51爆料网 and launched a career that produced numerous patents, journal articles and book chapters, along with the endless praise of his student and research mentees who remember his encouragement, empathy and warmth.
Now, with a $1.5 million estate gift as part of the Forever Orange campaign, the new Zemel Undergraduate Research Experience Endowed Fund will support undergraduate physics students who are interested in pursuing research as a career, especially multidisciplinary research, through experiential learning and hands-on research opportunities. Recalling that Syracuse physics opened the doors of discovery for him, Zemel鈥攚ho earned his bachelor鈥檚, master鈥檚 and doctoral degrees in physics鈥攚rote in a letter to the physics department: 鈥淵ou and your colleagues are part of a great tradition that I sincerely hope continues now and into the future.鈥� His estate gift ensures that the tradition continues.
鈥淎s a distinguished researcher and committed educator, Dr. Zemel saw the immense value of undergraduate participation in faculty-guided scholarly research,鈥� says Behzad Mortazavi, dean of the . 鈥淭he benefits of undergraduate research are numerous, including helping students to apply their classroom knowledge and giving them valuable experience in working as part of a team.鈥�
