<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/winter-2009/rare-research-opportunity.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Rare Research Opportunity</title><excerpt>Westmont students and faculty will be able to conduct cutting-edge research on rare nuclear isotopes when the Department of Energy builds a $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University in the next decade. MSU and Westmont have drafted a memorandum of understanding outlining their research collaboration, and Westmont has joined the Alliance of Undergraduate Rare Isotope Research Institutions, which will send a representative to the Rare Isotope Research and Education Board of FRIB.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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