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Mar 24

Kitchin awarded Swearingen Professorship

The College of Engineering has awarded the John E. Swearingen Professorship of Chemical Engineering to John Kitchin.

Mar 19

Student spotlight: Keenan Norton

Undergraduate student Keenan Norton brings together three majors to inform his research on water quality and access in Latin America.

Mar 13

Student spotlight: Abby Umscheid

Supported by friends from across the university, undergraduate Abby Umscheid learned the systems perspective and the coding skills she needed to work at Westinghouse Electric Company.

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““The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”” Albert Einstein

“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems form a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.” Albert Einstein

“The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don’t expect.” Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a manner that’s precise, predictive, and reliable—a transformation, for those lucky enough to experience it, that is empowering and emotional.” Brian Greene

“I am among those who think that science has great beauty. ” Marie Curie

“Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.” Neil deGrasse Tyson

“The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.” Thomas Berger

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” Anthony J. D’Angelo.

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. ” Malcolm X

“Good questions outrank easy answers.” Paul Samuelson

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” Kofi Annan

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” John Dewey

“Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.” A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” George Washington Carver

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” Marian Wright Edelman

“Creating means living.” Dejan Stojanovic

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