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A huge LED screen in Times Square shows gold coins dissolving in a solution. York Smith, an assistant professor in materials science and engineering, facilitated the science behind the art.

The U’s departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering recently merged into a single academic unit.

Applications for an eight-week summer paid internship for students majoring in communication, or related academic programs, are being accepted by the Department of Metallurgical Engineering.

Metallurgical engineering scholar and inventor awarded U’s highest honor.