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Prof John Beacom writes about the Nobel Prize announcement in The Conversation

Photo: view from the bottom of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory acrylic vessel and PMT array - credit Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Save the Date for the Smith Lecture

Kip S. Thorne, Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus at Cal Tech, will present the 53rd Annual Smith Lecture on November 18, 2015 in 131 Hitchcock Hall. His title will be …

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OSU Physics Alumnus Greg Kestin ('08) and Anna Rothschild win 2015 AIP Award for Broadcast New Media

Along with Anna Rothschild, Greg Kestin, a 2008 (summa cum laude) graduate of OSU in Physics has received the 2015 AIP Award for Broadcast/New Media for their NOVA/PBS Video "2.5 Ways to Die in a…

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Njoki Mwangi, Engineering Physics 4th year, featured in URO Spotlight

Njoki Mwangi is a fourth year Engineering Physics major working in Roland Kawakami's lab. Read about her experience in undergraduate research at: Mwangi Undergraduate Research

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Prof Chris Hill appointed co-manager of the US CMS Phase 2 Tracker Project at CERN

Chris Hill has recently been appointed as the co-manager of the US CMS Phase 2 Tracker project. The US CMS Phase 2 Tracker project is a critical component of a major upgrade to the CMS experiment…

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Emeritus Professor Hershel Hausman dies at age 91

Our deepest sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Emeritus Professor Hershel Hausman who died August 5 at his home in Florida. The family has provided the following obituary describing…

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Physics Postdoc Jyoti Katoch's article on welcoming climate for women published in APS online

Jyoti Katoch, a postdoctoral researcher in Roland Kawakami's lab, documents the specific ways Ohio State's Department of Physics has been working to create a welcoming, supportive atmosphere to…

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Phun with Physics returns to the Ohio State Fair for the 15th year

The time has come again for the Ohio State Fair and the physics demonstrations group will once again be manning the "Phun with Physics" booth. For the last 15 years The Physics Department has…