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Super Kamiokande detector
June 19, 2019

“Inside Super-Kamiokande 360-degree tour” Features Work of Professor John Beacom And His Collaborators

“’Welcome to my secret underground lair,’ he [Professor Mark Vagins] tells me as we get to his lab.”  A new essay with spectacular photos shows the inside of the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector in…
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June 19, 2019

Director of the DOE Office of Science visits Scarlet Laser Lab and DiMauro Attosecond Lab

Image Dr. Christopher FallThe department of Physics was pleased to host a visit by Director of the Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr…
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Price Prize winners
June 17, 2019

2019 Price Prize Winners Announced

Carolyn Raithel (Arizona) and Shany Danieli (Yale) are the winners of the 2019 Prize Prize in Cosmology and Astrophysics. Read more about the winners at https://ccapp.osu.edu/news/2019-price-prize-…
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Three participants of the ASPIRE camp
June 14, 2019

High School Students Learn Physics During ASPIRE Workshop

Today marks the last day of the ASPIRE summer workshop hosted by members of the Department of Physics. The ASPIRE workshop is for female high school students who are entering the 10th, 11th or 12th…
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May 30, 2019

Kelly Luo awarded Prestigious Cornell Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship

Our final-year Ph.D. student Kelly Yunqiu Luo was recently awarded the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship from Cornell University. This award will support Kelly’s salary and research expenses for…
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Gamma Ray emissions
May 7, 2019

Quanta Magazine: The Sun is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined

Quanta Magazine, a leading source for science journalism, has profiled the work of an Ohio State group on the high-energy gamma-ray emission of the Sun.  This group, led by faculty Annika Peter and…
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April 26, 2019

Brian Clark awarded NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship

Brian Clark is completing his PhD at Ohio State and now knows where he will continue his education - at Michigan State - funded by an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral fellowship. Brian…
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April 26, 2019

Caroline Jipa receives prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Junior Physics and Chemistry major Caroline Jipa is one of four Ohio State Students to receive 2019 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships.  Caroline aims to earn and Md/PhD in biophysics in order to…
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Dr Amy Connolly receives the 2019 Physics Undergraduate Teaching Award
April 17, 2019

Professor Amy Connolly wins Undergraduate Teaching Award

Prof. Amy Connolly was surprised this morning in her Physics 1251H classroom by Prof. Robert Perry with the 2019 Physics Undergraduate Teaching Award. This award is given annually and is voted on by…