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School of Science earns record-breaking $21.4 million in awards
August 29, 2023
Faculty earned a record-breaking $21,430,055 in proposals and grants awarded, outpacing previous fiscal year highs by more than $5 million.
IUPUI Geology professor researches groundbreaking bacterial discovery
June 26, 2023
Discovery could rewrite the history of anoxic bacteria and play a key role in understanding what’s affecting modern lake ecology.
37 School of Science students named to 2023 Top 100
March 28, 2023
Each year, the IUPUI Office of Alumni Relations honors 100 outstanding undergraduate students who demonstrate excellence in three categories—academic excellence, campus leadership, and community engagement.
Department of Earth Sciences receives EPIC grant from IUPUI
October 01, 2021
The grant aims to develop equity-minded leaders through intentional programming and training to improve institutional climate and promote inclusive leadership practices.
School of Science researchers named among top 2% of scientists on Stanford list
September 30, 2021
The ranking method is based on standardized citation metrics developed by a group of scientists led by a statistician at Stanford University.
September 07, 2021
The study will improve upon predictions of water responses to future climate change in the Andes and provide insight into large-scale climate system interactions that will improve our understanding of future mid-latitude (North American) climate change.
July 07, 2021
Catherine Macris, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, has been named the inaugural Peter. R. Buseck Distinguished Lecturer for New Directions in Mineralogy and Petrology by the Mineralogical Society of America.
Gabriel Filippelli, Ph.D., to present at premiere Goldschmidt Conference
June 14, 2021
The Purdue School of Science is proud to announce Chancellor’s Professor Gabe Filippelli, Ph.D., will present at the 2021 Goldschmidt Conference being held in July.
IU announces new leaders of Prepared for Environmental Change Grand Challenge initiative
April 28, 2021
New leaders of university's Environmental Resilience Institute replace current director appointed by President Biden to be EPA Deputy Administrator.
Blow flies may be the answer to monitoring environment in a non-invasive manner
April 14, 2021
A new study explores stable isotopes in blow flies as a non-invasive way to monitor the environment through changes in animals in the ecosystem.