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OSU awarded HHMI Driving Change Grant
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded its first grants in its Driving Change initiative, awarding $2.5 million each to six universities: The Ohio State University, Loyola…
A new spin on an old system offers novel way to detect puzzling particles
Astronomers create new technique to assist in search for dark matterMeteors may help astronomers devise a new way to locate dark matter – mysterious and invisible particles that have so…
Physicist Steven Prohira awarded ‘genius grant’
Steven Prohira, a physicist and a former postdoctoral researcher at The Ohio State University, has been named a recipient of the 2022 MacArthur Fellowship, a prize often called the “…
Multiple Faculty Openings in Ohio State Physics!
The Physics Department has six faculty openings this year, some joint with other departments:
Astrophysics Experiment
Atomic Experiment — Ultrafast
Chemical …
Machine learning helps scientists peer (a second) into the future
New algorithm makes it easier to predict chaotic physical processesThe past may be a fixed and immutable point, but with the help of machine learning, the future can at times be more easily…
Nobel Laureate comes to Ohio State, Students Invited to Discussion
Come chat with Donna Strickland!Monday, Sept 19th from 1pm-2:30pm Pizza and drinks in the Atrium of the Physics Research Building
The OSU Optica Student Chapter…
Ohio State announces first cohort of Provost’s Early Career Scholars
The Ohio State University has selected its inaugural cohort for the Provost’s Early Career Scholars Program, a new initiative designed to attract and develop the highest caliber early-career…
60 Years apart, scientists share zeal for discovery
Kristin Chesnutt, a third-year graduate student in biochemistry, is the first recipient of the Nancy Byrd Johnson and Howard M. Johnson endowment. Her dissertation focuses on how chromatin, a…
The John G. Whitcomb Distinguished Staff Awards for 2022
A staff lunch at the Budd Dairy Food Hall in August was the location of the announcement of the 2022 John G. Whitcomb Distinguished Staff Awards. Lori Arnold and June Sprowls were awarded…