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What's happening at Merinan

Findings, announcements, and the student work that keeps surprising us.

Research

Extending AI architectures to address continuous scientific problems

A framework from Merinan's Institute for Computational Science shows how to modify existing neural network architectures so they work naturally with continuous physical systems — from weather fields to fluid dynamics.

August 12, 2026

Climate

Models of glacial collapse in Antarctica improve sea-level predictions

What the acceleration of the Pine Basin Glacier tells us about the next century.

August 11, 2026

Students

Senior theses put economics training to work on messy reality

A year of housing, transit, and labor data tested against classroom models.

August 10, 2026

Campus

New building names and a redrawn campus map arrive this fall

Wayfinding across the north quad gets simpler in time for orientation week.

August 8, 2026

Discovery

Researchers discover a cleaner route to purifying rare earth elements

Solvent-heavy separation gives way to a low-energy electrochemical step.

August 4, 2026

Humanities

With real artifacts, students piece together the ancient past

A conservation seminar works directly with objects from the university collection.

July 29, 2026

Community

Neighborhood clinic partnership expands to three new sites

Medical and public policy students staff evening hours across the south side.

July 22, 2026

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