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Exploring new terrain: Purdue Global leader’s journey from ice sheets to innovative learning
Meet Jon Harbor, Purdue Global’s interim chancellor. In 1994 Harbor joined Purdue University’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences in the College of Science. His teaching and research have focused on applied environmental sciences, including hydrology and land use change, and glaciers and ice sheets.
Advancing Space Exploration at Purdue University
Purdue University is the Cradle of Astronauts and Boilermakers have a long history with space exploration and research. The Purdue College of Science and College of Engineering recently hosted a collaborative convention to help faculty and staff collaborate on our next giant leaps.
A documentary on Alpine Glaciers, Groundwater, and the Future of Mountainous Areas
YouTube — EAPS PhD student Ayobami Oladapo created a short documentary to share the findings from research completed at Glacier National Park. The goal is to promote science outreach, education, and communication.
Evidence of ancient frozen ocean found on dwarf planet Ceres
StudyFinds — EAPS researchers discovered that Ceres has a crust containing about 90% ice near its surface, three times more than previously thought, by showing that impurities mixed with ice can prevent it from flowing and deforming over time.
How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth
PBS News — The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ancient asteroid back to Earth has revealed that the building blocks of life may have been scattered throughout the solar system billions of years ago. Purdue EAPS Associate Professor Michelle Thompson is interviewed in the PBS News video.
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