News Archive
Ringleader: New faculty member is expert in planetary physics
Posted July 25, 2022
This fall, the School will welcome Ali Sulaiman to the space physics group.
Gift establishes Roger and Helga Stuewer library
Posted July 23, 2022
Professor Emeritus Roger Stuewer, historian of physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy and founder of the University’s Program in History of Science and Technology, and his wife Helga, have donated their large and valuable collection of books and papers to the School.
Pribiag leads team that receives $1.4M Keck Foundation grant to study possible breakthrough in quantum computing
Posted July 12, 2022
A team led by School of Physics and Astronomy Associate Professor Vlad Pribiag has received an award from the W. M. Keck Foundation to study a new process that could lead to a breakthrough in quantum computing.
Woodward research takes a look at the fastest nova on record
Posted June 29, 2022
A research report, co-authored by Professor Charles Woodward of the School of Physics and Astronomy describes the unusual quirks of V1674 Hercules, the fastest nova ever on record.
Chatterjee receives Young Researcher Prize
Posted June 28, 2022
Rajdeep Mohan Chatterjee received the 2022 Young Researcher Prize from the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland.
School leads citizen science effort to study Jupiter's atmosphere
Posted June 21, 2022
Ramanakumar Sankar, a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Physics and Astronomy is leading the latest Zooniverse project, Jovian Vortex Hunter.
New grant will expand FTPI programs
Posted June 17, 2022
The William I Fine Theoretical Physics Institute (FTPI) has received a Simons Grant of over half a million dollars to help bolster the Institute's mission of being one of the regional centers for theoretical physics.
Freedberg Receives Student Leadership Award
Posted May 27, 2022
Jenna Freedberg, graduate student in the School of Physics and Astronomy, received a 2022 President's Student Leadership and Service Award.
2022 Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients
Posted May 11, 2022
There are 31 undergraduate recipients for 14 separate scholarships.
2022 Graduate Awards and Fellowships
Posted May 6, 2022
There are 11 graduate award and fellowship recipients in the School for 2021.