Space weathering expert Michelle Thompson of the College of Science and OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, like red or blue, more strongly. These results help shed light onto the evolution of rocky bodies in the solar system.
The latest edition of “Children’s Literacy Development: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Learning to Read and Write” provides an overview of reading and writing development and impairment across a range of languages, scripts and contexts. Written by Catherine McBride, Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Science and the associate dean for research for the College of Health and Human Sciences, the book is a timely and important contribution to our understanding of literacy around the world.
While progress continues on several capital projects at the West Lafayette and Indianapolis locations, various travel impacts will remain in place as the new academic year gets underway.