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Faculty clapping and facing Brian Skinner as award is announced

Brian Skinner receives 2024 Early Career Distinguished Scholar Award

from article on Ohio State ERIK site, linked here.   Brian J. Skinner, PhD, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has earned The Ohio State University 2024 Early…

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Student Event and Q&A with Pierre Agostini

Yesterday, hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Physics showed up to meet and mingle with Professor Emeritus and Nobel Laureate, Pierre Agostini! There were…

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Professor Jim Beatty Named Winstein Distinguished Visiting Fellow by the University of Chicago Department of Physics

Professor Jim Beatty has been named a Winstein Distinguished Visiting Fellow by the University of Chicago Department of Physics! The Winstein Fellowship is sponsored  by the family of Prof…

Pierre Agostini in front of a crowd, walking up the north steps of the PRB.

Ohio State celebrates Nobel Laureate Pierre Agostini in Columbus

From original article by Franny Lazarus for Ohio State News, linked here. On a breezy spring day, Pierre Agostini, emeritus professor of physics at The Ohio State University and 2023 Nobel Laureate,…

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Racial Equity in Physics Education Research- published by Professor Geraldine Cochran

Professor Geraldine Cochran's article, "Racial equity in physics education research", has been published in Nature Physics. You can read the full piece at Nature. Her paper is referenced in an…

From left to right, Michael Poirer, Pierre Agostini, Lou DiMauro, and Dean Horn making the "O-H-I-O" signs with their arms, at Nobel Ceremony in Sweden.

Agostini is awarded Nobel Prize, while Ohio State cheers

(Article written by Jeff Grabmeier for Ohio State News) (Photo credit: Fanny Staveby Widinghoff)   Emeritus professor of physics receives medal from King of Sweden It may have been some 4,200…

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Paper by Professor Cochran Published and Highlighted in APS Physics Magazine

Professor Geraldine Cochran's paper with grad student (Liam McDermott) and undergrad assistant (Nazeer Mosley) was published in Physical Review - Physics Education Research.   The work was also…

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Professor Jeanie Lau and Colleagues Awarded NSF DMREF Award

Department of Physics Professor Jeanie Lau has been awarded a DMREF Award from the National Science Foundation in collaboration with Professors Fan Zhang and Bing Lv (both at the University of Texas,…

Michael Poirier and Carlos Castro standing side by side in lab and smiling

$2M NSF grant furthers DNA Nanotechnology research at Ohio State

From article on the College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering website, linked here.   Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Carlos Castro and Physics…