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The Ohio State University Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics to Share $20M Exploration of Space Endowment

November 13, 2007

The Ohio State University Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics to Share $20M Exploration of Space Endowment

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November 2007

The Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), based on a joint proposal with the Department of Astronomy, will share roughly half of a $20M Exploration of Space endowment, to date OSU's second largest gift. CCAPP is an interdisciplinary Center, with members from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, focused on studying the evolution of the Universe and the nature of its highest energy particles. CCAPP's Exploration of Space endowment, along with other things, will go towards funding in perpetuity several long term CCAPP postdoctoral researchers whose research is focused on exploring the Universe.

According to the OSU press release:

The Ohio State University has received a transformational gift of $20 million to support one of the biggest undertakings imaginable: the exploration of outer space. The anonymous gift is the second-largest single gift to the university in its 137-year history. In addition to unprecedented studies of our universe, it will support the mentoring of young minds and major collaborations on promising research projects.

"We always encourage our talented faculty and students to 'reach for the stars,' and this incredible act of generosity will allow them to do just that," said Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee. "This extraordinary gift will make it possible to explore some of the biggest mysteries of our universe, and the discoveries that result will be enormous. They may even help us to understand the very nature of our existence."