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Distinguished Physics Staff recognized at Annual Picnic
John Whitcomb and his lovely wife, Dorothy, were on hand for the Physics Dept. Picnic on Tuesday April 28 to present the Distinguished Staff Awards named in his honor. This year's awardees…

Congratulations 2015 Undergraduate Award Winners
The Undergraduate Studies Office hosted the Undergraduate Awards Ceremony on April 24th. The awards ceremony honors…

Professor Tin-Lun (Jason) Ho elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced its 2015 Class of Members. Physics Professor Tin-Lun (Jason) Ho is among those elected this year. Election to the American Academy is…

Spring 2015 Holofest features lectures by Betsy Connors and Sam Moree
The Spring 2015 HoloFest Exhibition will take place in Smith Lab room 0006. The show opens on Friday Apr 24 at 5pm and runs until Monday Apr 27. The HoloFest Exhibition is hosted by the OSU…

Sir Michael Victor Berry, FRS to present series of Lectures
The Department of Mathematics is hosting a series of lectures by Sir Michael Victor Berry, FRS, Melville Wills Professor of Physics (emeritus) from the University of Bristol beginning today at 3…

Professor Michael Lisa discusses Nuclear Energy on YouTube
Click the YouTube link that follows to view an discussion on nuclear power with Professor Michael Lisa and Dr. Barbara Pappas of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…

Two physics students win honors at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
Physics is happy to announce two students won honors at the 20th Annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum - Tajana Schneiderman won a 1st place and Randall (RJ) Hanna won a 3rd place.
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View John Beacom's TEDxOhioStateU
John Beacom's TedX Presentation - "Lost in Space" presented to a sell out crowd last month. Also available on the Dept of Physics YouTube channel - click on playlists.…

Meet the 2015 Physics Staff Advisory Committee
2015 PSAC - front row - Emma Wallis and Mallory Aliff; back row - Brad Hefner (chair), Matt Barber and Pete Gosser.
The mission of the Physics Staff Advisory Committee is to address issues…