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DOE Approves New Nuclear Physics Research Facility
On January 9, 2020 the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the approval of a Critical Decision-0 (CD0), “Approve Mission Need,” for the proposed Electron-Ion Collider. The DOE…

Professor Michael Lisa Receives Fulbright Scholar Research Grant
Physics Professor Michael Lisa was awarded a 2019-2020 Fulbright Scholar Research Grant which will fund his research at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Instituto de Fisica in Campinas in…

Engineering Physics Major Kyle DeBry Featured in ASC News
The College of Arts and Sciences recently interviewed senior Engineering Physics major Kyle DeBry who spoke about his interests in quantum physics, winning the Valentino Scholarship, and why he…

Physics Magazine Now Available Online
The autumn 2019 edition of the Physics Magazine featuring OSU Physics research, faculty, alumni, and current students is available online at go.osu.edu/PhysicsMagazine

John Wilkins Remembered by Physics Community
Emeritus Professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar, John Wilkins, passed away Friday December 6. John received his BS in engineering from Northwestern and his PhD in Physics from University of…

Graduate Student Noah Talisa wins Best Student presentation award at SPIE Laser Damage Conference
Noah Talisa’s (from Chowdhury group) oral presentation titled, “Single-shot femtosecond laser-induced damage and ablation of HfO2/SiO2-based optical thin films: a comparison between few-cycle…

Physics Major Receives FLAS Fellowship
Ryo Shinohara, a senior majoring in both Physics and Japanese, was awarded a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for the 2019-2020 academic year. The FLAS Fellowships are funded by…

Middle school students get hands-on science experience at Breakfast of Science Champions
On November 6th, the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM), and other OSU departments and centers hosted Breakfast for Science Champions,…

Cosmologists receive $2.5M award for survey to study dark energy
Klaus Honscheid, professor of Physics, and Paul Martini, professor of Astronomy, have received a $2.5M award from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to support operation of the…