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Meg Foster
Alumni Profiles

Alumni Profile: Meg Foster

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For recent graduate, Meg Foster, the first year of Grad school has held a number of unexpected challenges.

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Alumni In Memoriam

Alumni In Memoriam: Raphael Aronson

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B.S. Physics, 1947, 1928 - 2018

Dr. John Hoffman
Alumni In Memoriam

Alumni In Memoriam: Dr. John Hoffman

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Dr. John Hoffman, Ph.D Physics, 1954, 1930-2021

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General, Research, Research News

The Red Hypergiant VY CMa – Betelgeuse on Steroids

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Professor Roberta Humphreys of the School of Physics and Astronomy led a study with the Hubble Space Telescope to explain the origin of numerous high mass-loss ejections from a very massive star.

Zhen Liu
General

The School Welcomes Zhen Liu to the faculty

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Assistant Professor Zhen Liu joined the school on December 28, 2020. He is originally from Zhenghou, an ancient city in central China. “I grew up near the old dirt city wall built 2200 years ago,” Liu says.

Vlad Pribiag
Research, Research News

Pribiag to help lead NSF-funded ‘Global Quantum Leap’

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Effort aims to accelerate the discovery of next generation computing and communications systems

Cecil J. Waddington
General

Remembering Cecil “Jake” Waddington, 1929-2020

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Emeritus Professor Jake Waddington of the School of Physics and Astronomy passed away on October 1, 2020. He was 91 years old.

Bob Pepin (man with gray hair and mustache standing in front of trees)
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AGU Honors Pepin’s Distinguished Career in Planetary Science

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Professor Emeritus Robert Pepin of the School of Physics and Astronomy will receive the 2020 Fred Whipple Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Lucy Fortson
General

Fortson Named APS Fellow

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Lucy Fortson, Professor and Associate Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy, has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Cynthia Cattell
General

Cattell named CSE Distinguished Professor

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Cynthia Cattell has been named as a College of Science and Engineering (CSE) Distinguished Professor.