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Climate, Sustainability, Environmental


December 5, 2024

What Aerosols Can Tell Us About Climate

Trish Quinn ’82 examines sea spray, dust, and pollutants in our atmosphere to better understand their climate effects.

December 5, 2024

The Polar Pundit

Professor, public servant, and polar expert Kelly Falkner ’83 has a lot to show for her 40-year science career, including her very own Antarctic glacier.

December 5, 2024

Shoot for the Star

Craig DeForest ’89 is leading NASA’s PUNCH mission to make 3-D observations of an underexplored region of space: the sun and its atmosphere.

December 5, 2024

Zooming Out: The Cosmic Web

Farhan Hasan ’18 wants to untangle the mysteries of the distant universe.

December 5, 2024

Vantage Point

To see a black hole, Shep Doeleman ’86 needed a telescope the size of a planet. So he built one.

December 5, 2024

Zooming In: Stringing It All Together

Naomi Gendler ’16 is on her way to finding the most fundamental explanation of our universe.

December 5, 2024

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Mark Galassi ’87 and Tess Light ’91 are on the frontlines of nuclear nonproliferation.

December 5, 2024

Laser Focused

Alison Saunders ’11 has the biggest laser in the world and a dream: to understand what occurs in the cores of planets and stars.

December 5, 2024

The Miracle Worker

Dr. Kevan Shokat ’86 isn’t just curing lung cancer. He’s reshaping the way scientists conquer disease.

December 5, 2024

Our Plastic-Stable Brains

Gina Turrigiano ’84 revolutionizes neuroscience with her research on brain plasticity.