News Archive
Alumni In Memoriam: Dr. John Hoffman
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Dr. John Hoffman, Ph.D Physics, 1954, 1930-2021
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.
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.
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
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.
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).
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.
Cattell named CSE Distinguished Professor
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Cynthia Cattell has been named as a College of Science and Engineering (CSE) Distinguished Professor.
Minnesota physicists complete detailed study of Higgs boson decays
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Physicists at the University of Minnesota have announced a detailed study of the physical processes where a Higgs boson is produced and decays to two photons.
Light from a black hole?
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Michael Coughlin, Assistant Professor in the School is part of an international team of astronomers who have seen what might be the first light ever detected from a black hole merger.