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Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work on Electrons
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier on Tuesday for their experiments that “have given humanity new tools for exploring the world of…
Grade Gaps Reflect Course Problems, Not Students' Shortcomings
From article by Jessica Blake for Inside Higher Ed.com
Many have argued that increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM comes at the cost of lowering standards, but a recent…
Professor Kovchegov Awarded Distinguished Visiting Academic Award from IPPP at Durham University
Professor Yuri Kovchegov has been awarded the Distinguished Visiting Academic (DIVA) Award from the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) at Durham University in Durham, UK…
Using Top Quarks to Probe Nature's Secrets
Recent analysis by Professor Brian Winer, Dr. Brent Yates (postdoc), and Mr. Aashwin Basnet (grad student) has been included in the September 2023 issue of CERN Courier.
Despite…
OSU Helping to Expand Quantum Workforce
A team at Ohio State is part of a multi-institution effort that was just awarded $5M from the NSF’s ExpandQISE program. To meet the growing national demand for a quantum-trained…
Physicists Observe 'Unobservable' Quantum Phase Transition
Author: Charlie Wood, Quantum Magazine
In 1935, Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger, two of the most prominent physicists of the day, got into a dispute over the nature of…
Ohio State to launch quantum MS/PhD program with funding from the National Science Foundation
An interdisciplinary team at The Ohio State University has received $3M from the National Science Foundation to support the launch of a new graduate program in quantum information science and…
Cochran Co-Principal Investigator on NSF AGEP Grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded funding to an AGEP grant proposal, Inclusive Graduate Programs: An AGEP (Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate) …
Undergraduate Student Lounge Grand Reopening
Attention Department of Physics students, faculty, and staff: the newly renovated Undergraduate Student Lounge is now open! That’s right, the Undergraduate Student Lounge is back and boasts a…