Underwater view of wavy ocean surface, with sediment and plankton floating throughout water column. — A new study shows that plankton can surf ocean currents to travel faster to the surface. Photo by Adobe Stock

Not merely drifters, these plankton surf

Graphic with text "Commendation for Outstanding Teaching".

Faculty commended for outstanding teaching

A structure of metal girders crossing a pond at a sewer plant — Photo by iStock

Many nations underestimate greenhouse emissions from wastewater systems, but the lapse is fixable

Two researchers in lab equipment examine a vial with solution.

The proteins that could turn corn stalks into fuel

Portrait of Peter Jaffé.

Peter Jaffé named Distinguished Faculty Service Award recipient

Portrait of Braeden Carroll.

Braeden Carroll awarded Pyne Prize, Princeton's top undergraduate honor

Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung.

Sebastian Seung wins Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences for connectome mapping

Serving our Nation and the World

How our research empowers your life

Portrait of Cathy Chen.

Alumni

Cathy Chen ’14: A passion for diagnostic radiology

Read on UAB Medicine

Portrait of Charles Schroeder.

Faculty

Charles Schroeder: ‘Leading the way’ in studying the dynamics of single molecules

Portrait of Sébastien Philippe.

Alumni

Sébastien Philippe *18: On winning the MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, nuclear war and academic freedom

Read in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Portrait of Laura Hwa.

Undergraduate

Laura Hwa: Learning to sit with ambiguity, and think creatively and systematically

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Engineering tours

Join us for an in-person, student-led tour of the engineering school.

March 27

3:00 pm

Convex Optimization Based Optimal Control