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A story of fire and water on the Red Planet
BY MEGAN BRADSHAW ON DECEMBER 7, 2022 Mike Thorpe ’12 talks about the recent studies published on samples of Mars’ surface
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NSF-funded research facilitates STEM teaching
BY REBECCA KIRKMAN ON JANUARY 11, 2022 TU professor studies avatar-based classroom simulations in three-year, $3 million NSF grant.
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Watch: physics students get hands-on experience aboard WWII-era steam ship
BY HENRY BASTA ON JULY 28, 2022 Professor James Overduin's thermodynamics class applies physics to the real world on WWII-era steam ship
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Recent grad's research could have effects on how we study Mars’ surface
BY KYLE HOBSTETTER ON 6/26/2022 David Hislop traveled to Hawaii to compare its sand to Mars
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Faculty, staff celebrated for outstanding service, dedication to TU
BY MATT PALMER ON 4/5/2022 Professor Thomas Krause lauded for 45 years teaching physics
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Finding out that TU rocks!
BY KYLE HOBSTETTER ON 11/17/2021 International student Rohanna Bowers has come from Jamaica to study geology
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Baltimore earthquake ‘rare,’ TU faculty member says
BY CODY BOTELER ON 6/26/2021 David Vanko, dean of the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics, explains why quakes are uncommon in the region.
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2 faculty awarded grant to better prepare hydrogeology workforce
BY CODY BOTELER ON 6/13/2021 National Science Foundation funds TU faculty to investigate how geoscience students learn
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National Science Foundation grant facilitates ‘groundbreaking’ research at TU
BY CODY BOTELER ON 9/23/2020 Grant money will help fund student, faculty research in urban stream geology.
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Physics department highlights importance of inclusion and equity
BY CODY BOTELER ON AUGUST 28, 2020 Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences recently accepted into national inclusion and equity alliance
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Excuse me, do you know how fast you were going?
BY MEGAN BRADSHAW ON 1/17/2020 TU staff, students measure speed of light with lasers.
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