Media Relations
Thursday,
July 19,
2007
Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute
Nuclear physics at Indiana University Bloomington has come a long way. The program was created 70 years ago by A.C.G. Mitchell, hired by former IU President Herman B Wells to initiate basic physics research in 1938. Between 1939 and 1941, faculty members and students worked in Swain Hall to build the program's centerpiece, a 90-ton "cyclotron." The Swain Hall cyclotron is gone, but IU cyclotron research is alive and well.
Full Story >>
James Buher, president and chief executive officer of the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute, has joined the Dean's Advisory Council at the Indiana University School of Informatics.
Full Story >>
The Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute will treat its first cancer patient this week, the culmination of seven years of hard work by Indiana University administrators and faculty, Indiana business leaders and local, state and federal government officials.
Full Story >>
