· Professor Daniel Lathrop's sodium dynamo experiments were featured on the PBS television program NOVA on Tuesday, November 18 at 8:00pm. The episode, entitled "Magnetic Storm", focused on what might happen if the Earth's magnetic field were to reverse direction -- one of the ideas that Dr. Lathrop's experiments are exploring.



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· Provost William Destler wrote an opinion piece for the November 16th Baltimore Sun regarding the debate over college costs.

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