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Public universities were built on the promise of affordability and accessibility for students. In the past, governments focused on subsidizing higher education in order to keep tuition low and to increase opportunities for students. Today however, this reality has changed. Instead of keeping tuition affordable for students attending public universities, tuition has risen even though state funding continues to rise. The old expectation of state funding easing the financial bur

Did you know whales played an important role in the design of offshore wind turbines? By observing how whales move their tails, researchers were inspired to redesign tidal turbine blades to mimic wave motion. This was done by adding the texture of tubercles, the nodules that create the curvy pattern on whale fins. Figure 1: side-by-side comparison of an undulated wind turbine and a Humpback Whale fin Despite harsh testing across wave conditions, this innovation produced a con