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Li and Hampton win Clark Scholarship
August 29, 2017

Bunny and Thomas Clark Graduate Scholarship awardees are chosen

The department of Physics is proud to announce the most recent winners of the Bunny and Thomas Clark Graduate Scholarship. Shirley Li, recent PhD graduate advised by John Beacom and Shaun Hampton…
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August 28, 2017

Columbus Dispatch article showcases work by OSU scientists as part of the DES Collaboration

This week a workshop of CCAPP and DES (Dark Energy Survey) collaborators are meeting at OSU to discuss furthere development, large scale production and future projects of the DES.  The results of the…
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Jim Smith and Students
August 15, 2017

Jim Smith scholarship featured in The Daily Post today (August 15)

The Daily Post of the College of Arts and Sciences once again is featuring Physics.  This time it is highlighting the wonderful gifts of James L. Smith '64 '66 who graduated from OSU with a degree in…
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Andrew Heckler
August 10, 2017

Ohio State Physicists awarded $496K grant from NSF

Physics Professor Andrew Heckler and co-PIs Chris Hirata, Alan Kalish, John Pelz and Chris Porter were just awarded a $496,571 NRT-IGE grant from the National Science Foundation.  The project…
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dome of Blanco telescope
August 9, 2017

Dark Energy Survey reaches new milestone in mapping the invisible universe

The first year results of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration have reached a new milestone mapping the growth of the universe from its infancy to the present day.  This new information…
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Johnston-Halperin photo
August 3, 2017

Prof. Johnston-Halperin is lead PI on a $2M NSF Engineering Frontiers Research Initiative grant

Congratulations to Professor Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin who has just been awarded an NSF Engineering Frontiers Research Intitiative (EFRI) grant for $2 over 4 years.  Prof. Johnston-Halperin will be…
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Isaac Upsal
August 2, 2017

OSU Physicists and their collaborators discover new properties of the quark-gluon plasma

Ohio State Physicist, Michael Lisa, his students and collaborators have discovered new properties of quark-gluon plasma, a soup made of matter's fundamental building blocks - quarks and gluons.  The…
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Science and Engineering Building
August 1, 2017

Physics Lab at new Science and Engineering Building at Marion Campus named for Prof. Gordon Aubrecht

The ribbon cutting for the new 32,000 square foot Science and Engineering Building at the Marion Campus occurred this morning (August 1).   The Physics Laboratories were named in honor of Prof.…
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ASPIRE LOGO
July 28, 2017

ASPIRE returns for 2nd Summer Session

The second session of ASPIRE (Achieving in Science through Physics Instrumentation, Research and Exploration) will take place July 31 through August 4 in the Physics Reseach Building.  This weeklong…