Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2024 graduates.

What does it look like when the helper…

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication staff member Karen Bordeleau has been inducted into the Rhode Island Journalism Hall of Fame in recognition of a career that has spanned more than four…

The loss of biodiversity is occurring at an unprecedented rate across Earth. Approximately 1 million species are threatened with extinction, and many species have gone extinct in the past decade. The recent …

Global average sea surface temperatures have risen at unprecedented rates for the past three decades, with far-reaching consequences for coral reefs. Today, the majority of coral reefs are surviving at their upper thermal limit and an increase in just one degree…

About 2,000 miles below the surface of our planet, Earth's rocky mantle meets the molten, metallic outer core. The changes in physical properties across this boundary are more significant than those between the solid rock we stand upon and the air we breathe. 

Everyday products could be lighter, cheaper and last longer if the research Xiangjia “Cindy” Li is working on succeeds.

Li — an assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the…

Until recently, if you wanted to make a map of a coral reef, you had a lot of options, all of them bad. That’s changing, thanks to a pair of recent additions to Arizona State University’s faculty.

Greg Asner…

In a recent article in Christian Science Monitor, titled "Cassini spacecraft finds evidence for liquid water on Enceladus", writer Pete Spotts looks at new research supporting the possibility of finding life beyond Earth on Saturn's moon Enceladus…

Aloha. It’s the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy. It’s usually used as a greeting, but to native Hawaiians it has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance. In that context it’s used to describe a force that holds together existence.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. 

Lora Eger never questioned what she…