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BLOOD Drive - July 31 - 10 am - 4 pm in the Atrium

The Department of Physics will host the American Red Cross Blood Drive on July 31, 2012 from 10 am to 4 pm.  Due to reduced donations during the summer months when vacations interrupt regular…

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SCARLET Laser Lab makes News

The Columbus Dispatch and NBC4i visited the Scarlet Laser Facility on July 16 and witnessed the firing of the SCARLET laser. Professor Douglass Schumacher and the staff and students of the…

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Physics Graduate Student, Jenn Holt, Drives Electric Motorcycle to Speed Record

The Buckeye Electric Motorcycle Race Team set an East Coast Timing Association (ECTA) speed record for electric motorcycles, July 8, 2012. The record speed was 144.352mph at the East Coast Timing…

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Discovery of a Higgs-Like Boson at the LHC Experiments

On July 4th, 2012 a press conference was held at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland heralding extremely strong evidence for a new particle at a mass of  approximately 126 GeV/c2 observed both by ATLAS…

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The Beauty of Science

Visiting REU students were recently trained in basic machining techniques by our machine shop team.  Lanese Lovings made creative use out of the part she machined, demonstrating that science…

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Weiran Li Receives Presidential Fellowship

Congratulations to graduate student Weiran Li who received an OSU Graduate School Presidential Fellowship! This prestigious fellowship recognizes outstanding scholarship and research ability and…

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GRASP Summer Camp continues through June 22

The annual GRASP (Girls Reaching to Achieve in Sports and Physics) Summer Camp began June 11.  Two week-long sessions will be held with 30 middles school girl attending each session. …

Brian Keller Awarded Larry M. Lewellen Award for Distinguished Service

Congratulations to Brian Keller, Director of IT for the Department, on receiving one of the 2012 Larry M. Lewellen Awards for Distinguished Service from the Council of Graduate Students!

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Physics Picnic provided food and fun and Awards to students, staff and faculty

Gray skies did not prevent anyone from enjoying the Annual Physics Picnic on May 22.  Hundreds of students, faculty, staff and friends joined together for great grilled items and other picnic…