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Gordon Aubrecht selected as a 2014 Outstanding Referee for Phys. Rev and Physical Review Letters

Professor Emeritus Gordon Aubrecht has been chosen as a 2014 Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters journals.

— In 2008, the American Physical Society…

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Annual Alpheus Smith Lecture moved to Autumn Semester

Due to the great number of activities that are scheduled in the much shorter time from the end of Spring break until Spring commencement in the semester system, space for large events is at a…

Spring Break

Spring Break - Week of March 9-15 - Classes resume March 17

Whether you head for the links, the beach, the slopes or the couch, enjoy your spring break.

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2014 Breakfast of Science Champions - hosted by CEM and CCAPP and staffed by Physics faculty, staff and students

Two groups in Physics participated in the Breakfast of Science Champions program last week. If you noticed groups of middle school children in the atrium last Wednesday, they were likely…

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DARK ENERGY SURVEY (DES) Weak Lensing Workshop at OSU Physics Feb 18-20

Tuesday February 18th through Thursday February 20th, 2014 Organizing by Klaus Honscheid, Eric Huff, Peter Melchior, Hee-Jong Seo, Jonathan Blazek The Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics …

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Powerheart AED Device installed in the Physics Research Building

As you may have already noticed - an AED (Automated external defibrillator) has been installed outside of 1040 PRB. The AED is a self-testing, battery-operated device. After applying the AED's…

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Physics Gingerbread Competition - January 30, 2014

The Center for Emergent Materials has expanded their invitation to showcase creativity to the entire physics department. The Gingerbread Physics Competition is scheduled for January 30, 2014 from…

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Professor Chris Hirata awarded Helen B. Warner Prize by the American Astronomical Society

Congratulations to Chris Hirata, Professor of Physics and Professor of Astronomy, who has been awarded the 2014 Helen B. Warner Prize by the American Astronomical Society.

The citation…

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Martin Luther King, Jr

In honor of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the University will be closed on Monday, Jan 20