Chaotic planetary systems no place for life
New research hints at planetary chaos in some solar systems, which may be incompatible with life, according to Ӱ̳’s Thomas Burbine.
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New research hints at planetary chaos in some solar systems, which may be incompatible with life, according to Ӱ̳’s Thomas Burbine.
Ӱ̳ professor Valerie Barr ’77 is a recipient of an NSF grant that funds a multi-institution collaboration toward diversity in computer science.
Carmen Yulín Cruz, former mayor of San Juan and distinguished fellow at Ӱ̳ College, reflects on the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria.
Amber Douglas has been named Ӱ̳’s Dean of the College and will lead a new student success division.
Shakia Barron brings Black dance techniques and style to Ӱ̳’s dance department and puts them center stage.
Ӱ̳ College students presented at a College-organized Black Studies and Romanticism conference.
Ӱ̳ expert Patricia Brennan explains that both males and females benefit from the thorny genital arms race in seed beetles.
Ӱ̳ astronomer Darby Dyar is among the planetary scientists who will lead NASA’s new mission to explore the surface of Earth’s fiery twin.
Ӱ̳’s 2021 Common Read, “The Fire This Time,” is a collection of “thoughtful, searing, and, at times, hopeful” essays and poems about race.
Anuses segregate babies from back ends, says Patricia Brennan, Ӱ̳ College assistant professor of biology.