OSU Physics ranked #26 in the world
US News and World Report recently released its list of Best Global Universities for 2019. In the discipline of Physics, OSU was ranked #26 in the world. Of the twenty-five institutions ranked ahead
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OSU Physics hosts National Society of Black Physicists November 5
OSU Physics hosted almost 50 students on November 5 during the National Society of Black Physicists Conference that was held in Columbus last week. Their visit to campus included presentations about our graduate programs in Physics, Astronomy and Biophysics as well as a tour of the pl
STEMcoding Youtube Channel Celebrates 1-year Anniversary, 2000 subscriber milestone
Coding and scientific computing have become crucial tools for understanding the universe. For OSU physics Prof. Chris Orban and the STEMcoding project the goal is to create a curriculum for high school students that reflects this reality. In 2017, Prof. Orban and OSU physics alum Dr.
Scarlet Laser Facility to become part of LaserNetUS
A new research network called LaserNetUS is being funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The Scarlet Laser Facility in the Department of Physics at OSU will receive $1 million to fund its part of the work. LaserNetUS will provide U.S.
Capacity crowd attends 56th Annual Smith Lecture on October 17
More than 600 people filled 131 Hitchcock Hall to capacity last night to hear 2017 Nobel Laureate Rai Weiss from MIT present the 56th Annual Smith Lecture. Prof.
Results from Dark Energy Survey (DES) published in Physical Review D and in an APS "Viewpoint" Article
One year ago the Dark Energy Survey (DES) released the initial cosmological results from its first year of data using a combined analysis of weak gravitational lensing and the clustering of large-scale structure in the Universe.
John Beacom named Henry L. Cox Professor of Physics and Astronomy
John Beacom, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (CCAPP) has been named the second recipient of the Henry L. Cox Professor of Physics and Astronomy.