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Student Spotlight - Glaciers and Groundwater: Connecting Science and Community

11-07-2025

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

11-03-2025

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

10-28-2025

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.


Fire in the sky: Strong summer storms in the Midwest send wildfire smoke into the previously pristine stratosphere

10-22-2025

Aerosols and burning biomass may affect heating and energy absorption in the ozone, leading to faster warming and unexpected climate effects. EAPS's Dan Cziczo led the research team in conjunction with research scientist Xiaoli Shen.


UCAR members elect two new trustees

10-16-2025

NSF UCAR — The member institutions that make up the governing body of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) have elected two new trustees. EAPS's Daniel Cziczo was one of the two newly elected trustees.


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