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Northern lights make rare appearance in Greater Lafayette due to sun positioning
Star City TV — Folks in the Greater Lafayette area got a surprise view of the aurora borealis Tuesday night. Dr. Cauê Borlina, a professor in earth atmospheric and planetary sciences at Purdue, said seeing the northern lights is unique for Indiana, but this is peak time for Hoosiers to see the lights because of the sun’s position.
Cziczo Elected to Help Guide UCAR’s Future
Atmospheric scientist Dan Cziczo, professor in Purdue University’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, has been elected as a trustee to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Board of Trustees. UCAR is a nonprofit consortium of 131 colleges and universities across North America focused on advancing Earth system science through research and education.
Student Spotlight - Glaciers and Groundwater: Connecting Science and Community
AGU HYDROLOGY SECTION NEWSLETTER — EAPS PhD student Ayobami Oladapo was recently featured in the November 2025 AGU Hydrology Section Newsletter for cutting-edge research in hydrology.
Dr. Kuan-Yu Lin joins the College of Science Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science Department
The Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) at Purdue University welcomes Dr. Kuan-Yu Lin on campus as a new staff scientist in the fall of 2025. Lin’s work will focus on operating and optimizing a new state-of-the-art electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA) that will serve as a shared research tool hosted at Purdue University’s Electron Microscopy Center.
Registration open for Nov. 11 Westwood Lecture on the effects of space weathering: Insights from asteroid Bennu
Michelle Thompson, associate professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences in the College of Science, will present “A Time Machine to the Early Solar System: Analyzing Samples from Asteroid Bennu Returned by the NASA OSIRIS-REx Mission” from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at Westwood, the Purdue president’s residence.
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