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Celebrating a Decade of Gravitational Waves

Friday, September 12, 2025, By Dan Bernardi
Ten years ago, a faint ripple in the fabric of space-time forever changed our understanding of the Universe. On Sept. 14, 2015, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) made the first direct detection of gravitational waves—disturbances caused by the...

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    Renée Crown University Honors Program Launches New Tradition

    Monday, September 15, 2025, By News Staff

    Over 500 students gathered in Hendricks Chapel Sept. 5 to celebrate the new academic year in the Renée Crown University Honors Program’s first Assembly of Scholars. The event consisted of speeches from three students and the interim Director of Honors…

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