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Aug 16, 2013

Physicist Silas Beane ’88 Researches Simulated Reality

By Matt Sinclair ’90 What if the world we live in is simulated reality, and just what does that mean? That is one of various questions on the mind of Silas…

Jul 12, 2013

Medical Innovator Meir Silver ’77 Bridges Science and Faith

By Dan Edelen On the bustling walkways of New York City, Meir “Michael” Silver ’77 encountered street preachers as a high school student. In questioning…

May 22, 2013

Retiring Faculty Elected to Emeritus Status

Retiring faculty members Thomas H. Bruggink, professor of economics; James E. Lennertz, associate professor of government and law; Anthony D. Novaco, Marshall…

Apr 15, 2013

Hannah Weaver ’14 Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

By Shehtaz Huq ’14 Physics major Hannah Weaver ’14 (Whitefish, Mont.) has earned distinction as a recipient of a Goldwater Scholarship. Awarded for academic…

Nov 30, 2012

Student-Faculty Team Researches Effects of Gravitational Waves on Pulsars

David Nice, associate professor of physics, and a team of students are bringing the role of gravitational waves—ripples in space-time generated by very…

May 15, 2012

Jaclyn Avidon ’12 Presents Research at International Planetary Science Conference

By Michele Tallarita ’12 Jaclyn Avidon ’12 (New York, N.Y.) has interned with NASA, done EXCEL Scholars research on the surface temperature of  Jupiter’s…

Mar 19, 2012

The Music of the Cosmos: Michael Pinkard ’14 is an Aspiring Physicist and Jazz Musician

Here on Earth, Michael Pinkard ’14 (Puyallup, Wash.) is part student physicist and part jazz musician. With his tenor sax in hand, Pinkard—a Creative…

Jul 8, 2011

Icy Research: Jaclyn Avidon ’12 Studies Geologic Development of Moons at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in California

By Michele Tallarita ’12 In the depths of outer space millions of miles from Earth, Jupiter and its many moons make their slow turn around the sun. …

May 13, 2011

Professor David Nice’s Research Expands Knowledge of the Universe

For David Nice, associate professor of physics, passion for his field came naturally. “I’ve always been interested in how things work and physics is…

Apr 1, 2011

Contemporary Music Ensemble Brings Together Diverse Talents of Students and Faculty in Creative Collaboration

When the Contemporary Music Ensemble took the stage for its debut concert this March, it was the product of the innovative vision of its director, Kirk…

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