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Biswas and her students featured on the College Tour Series Amazon Prime Video

Physics students - Amelia Korveziroska, and Marcos Perez; and Dr. Biswas featured on the College Tour series on Amazon Prime Video while working in the applied nanomaterials research lab in Moulton Hall.

Caplan part of international team studying neutron stars, black holes

Dr. Matt Caplan, an assistant professor of physics, is part of the Simons Collaboration on Extreme Electrodynamics of Compact Sources (SCEECS), a group of theoretical physicists across the U.S., Canada, and Israel, supported by the Simons Foundation.
Redbirds get early start in research with grant support

Lylia Gomez is using computer modeling to study the relationship between two neurons that are known to be temperature sensitive as part of a project under the mentorship of Dr. Epaminondas Rosa Jr.
Congratulations to the ISU Solar Car Team-3rd Place Wins!

The American Solar Car Challenge 2024 has concluded!

The Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix was a multi-day track event for solar cars. After clearing scrutineering, teams took to the track at National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park, and secured a 3rd- place win, which qualified them for the road race.

The Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024 was an 8 day 1550+ mile competition split into 4 stages. Solar cars departed from Nashville, TN and made their way to Casper, WY following 7 National Historic Trails , and won 3rd- place.

Congratutions to the ISU Solar Car Team on their 3rd place wins.

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A sketch of the Twelve Thousand Bombs Speaker Series speakers with a watermark of a nuclear weapon in the background

Twelve Thousand Bombs seminar series continues in fall 2024

The Twelve Thousand Bombs seminar series on nuclear weapons will continue this fall with four eminent scholars and public figures speaking at ISU. The series, sponsored by the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, was inaugurated in 2023 and aims to raise awareness of nuclear weapons issues in the Bloomington-Normal community.