Al Ribeiro ’02 slashes the time it takes to get cancer drugs to the neediest. Continue Reading
Author Archives: Meeri Kim, PhD
Pup Fiction
Just how effective are reading-to-dog programs? Continue Reading
Mountain mystery solved
Your bewilderment over why the relatively straight Appalachian mountain chain takes an odd turn at Pennsylvania and New York can come to a blessed end. Associate Professor of Physics Maggie Benoit and colleagues cracked the secret—with a little assistance from the National Science Foundation. Using data from the NSF’s EarthScope USArray seismic network, the researcher… Continue Reading
Big-Box Breakdown
For better or worse, Walmart and Target have peppered just about every county in the U.S. These stores have become an American staple for one-stop shopping, selling everything from canned soup and computers to Ziploc bags and Zyrtec. Continue Reading
Thar She Flows
A physics professor probes the magma beneath one of the nation’s most dangerous volcanoes. Continue Reading
Three technologies that just might save your life
Medical technology moves too fast for most of us to keep up. So we asked Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Christopher Wagner what technologies he sees as the new game-changers in medicine. Continue Reading
A breakthrough in the clouds?
The key to more accurate climate change predictions might be hiding 11 miles up. Continue Reading