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Alumnus Dr. George R. Newkome Awards $1 Million Gift for Endowed Professorship in Materials Science at 51±¬ÁÏ
George R. Newkome, Ph.D., and his wife, Mary Jane Saunders, Ph.D., have pledged $1 million to fund a first-ever professorship in materials science in 51±¬ÁÏ’s College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Newkome is a two-time 51±¬ÁÏ alumnus. “George and Mary Jane both have a passion and d…
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Alumnus Dr. George R. Newkome Awards $1 Million Gift for Endowed Professorship in Materials Science at 51±¬ÁÏ
George R. Newkome, Ph.D., and his wife, Mary Jane Saunders, Ph.D., have pledged $1 million to fund a first-ever professorship in materials science in 51±¬ÁÏ’s College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Newkome is a two-time 51±¬ÁÏ alumnus. “George and Mary Jane both have a passion and d…
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Geek Chic
In the expanding world of wearables, one challenge is how to tailor technology into something we’d actually want to wear. As fashion and technology merge, 51±¬ÁÏ researchers and students from diverse fields are collaborating on innovations that could become an essential part of our everyday…
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Meeting of the Minds
Undergraduate research is thriving at 51±¬ÁÏ, as students and their faculty mentors find mutual benefit in their collaborative efforts. by Jan Senn Photography by Melissa Olson Scientific research, scholarship and artistic work don’t happen in isolation by lone individuals in a lab, study or …
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Window on the Future
It started with an accidental discovery. In 2012, John West was in his lab when a doctoral student working with him at the time brought him a microscopic image that showed uniform cracks in a coated film he had been cutting with a razor. Fascinated, West—a senior research fellow at 51±¬ÁÏ’s L…
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