Meghan Fletcher

Mathematics professor Lennard Bakker has been looking above to answer an age-old question. “One of the most inspiring questions in celestial mechanics is why is the solar system stable,” Bakker said. “Why does it keep repeating itself? Can Newtonian gravity explain it?”

For professors and graduate students looking for help with data analysis in their research, the Department of Statistics’ Center for Statistical Consultation and Collaborative Research affords a resource for academic research and analysis with help from the experts.

In October of last year, senior physics major Julia Vernon was experimenting with the auditory risks of chemistry explosions. Upon encouragement from her professor, Dr. Kent Gee, and with his help and that of Dr. Jeffrey Macedone, of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Vernon wrote an abstract on their findings for the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).