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Faculty and Staff

Physics professor named endowed Faculty Scholar

Physics Professor Janet Tate has been named the first Dr. Russ and Dolores Gorman Faculty Scholar.

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Chemistry

Chemists capture elusive iron compound

Chemistry researchers have successfully isolated a much-sought after iron compound—the most abundant form of iron in natural systems.

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News

Andrew Wheeler appointed director of COSINe

Wheeler has worked at COSINe in various capacities since 2007.

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Microbiology

Bartholomew named head of Microbiology

Bartholomew is currently a professor of microbiology with joint appointments in the College of Science and the College of Agricultural Sciences.

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Faculty and Staff

Three researchers elected to world’s largest scientific society

Election as a Fellow of AAAS is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers.

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Data Science

From Big Data to Big Statistics

Now that we have Big Data, we face new challenges.

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Faculty and Staff

Thomann named Interim Head

Dr. Enrique Thomann has accepted the position of interim head of the Department of Mathematics.

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Student Success

Giving success a boost

NSF grant to boost retention and graduation rates in STEM

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Faculty and Staff

Heidi Schellman named head of Physics

Schellman is Professor and Chair of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

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Biomedical Science

Lipoic acid restores and synchronizes “biological clock”

Researchers have discovered the ability of a micronutrient called lipoic acid to restore a normal circadian rhythm (“biological clock”) in aging animals.

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Chemistry

Innovative science

New test to spot fake malaria drugs could save thousands of lives.

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Marine Science

Piecing together the ocean methane puzzle

The oxygen-rich surface waters of the world’s major oceans are supersaturated with methane – yet little is known about the source of this methane.