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Physics Graduate Student receives APS Distinguished Student Award
At the recent APS (American Physical Society) March meeting in Los Angeles, California, Physics Ph.D. candidate Hiran Wijesinghe received an APS Distinguished Student award. The Forum on Graduate…
Ohio State astrophysicists involved in stellar discovery
The photo shows the Milky Way galaxy is surrounded by a halo of stars, as simulated in this image (courtesy of Annika Peter, CCAPP).
January data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) utilizing…
Prof. Andrew Heckler receives 2018 OSU Distinguished Teaching Award
Professor Andrew Heckler was surprised in his classroom on Friday February 16, by President Michael Drake, Provost Bruce McPheron and others from ASC, Physics and the Alumni Association to notify…
OSU Physics led group is awarded $6.34M grant from DARPA
Professor Mohit Randeria is lead PI on a new grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) entitled: “Skyrmions in B20 and Oxide Heterostructures: A Platform for New Magnetic…
Professor Kural awarded NSF CAREER Award
Assistant Professor Comert Kural has recently been awarded a National Science Foundation’s Early CAREER Development Award for his research proposal titled “Spatiotemporal Regulation of Clathrin-…
Jim Beatty in Antarctica recovering ANITA-IV payload
Professor Jim Beatty is in Antarctica at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station working to recover the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna IV (ANITA-IV) payload. ANITA searches for rain bursts…
Prof. Lou DiMauro named to the Board of Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Professor Lou DiMauro has recently been named as a member of the Board on Physics and Astronomy at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine for a term ending in June 2020.…
Chris Hirata receives New Horizons in Physics Prize
Professor Chris Hirata was awarded one of the "Oscars of Science" last night (Dec 3) at a star studded event televised on the National Geographic Channel in a program hosted by Morgan Freeman.…
Jim Beatty elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Professor Jim Beatty has been awarded the distinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The citation accompanying his award reads “For…