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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. This is the…

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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 food…

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Jason Ho to be recognized at International Conference on Frontiers of Cold Atoms and Related Topics

Professor Jason Ho will be honored at a banquet at the Serenade Chinese Restaurant in Hong Kong tonight (May 15, 2012) on the occasion of his 60th birthday as part of the International Conference…

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John Beacom elected to office in the American Physical Society Division of Astrophysics

John Beacom, Professor in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), has been elected to a four-year term in the Chair…

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50th Smith Lecture - May 10, 2012 - featuring 2011 Nobel Laureate - Adam G. Riess

The 50th Alpheus Smith Lecture will be presented by Adam G. Riess on May 10, 2012 - "Supernovae Reveal an Accelerating Universe." This lecture is open the General Public - all are welcome!

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Physics exceeds goal on most recent BLOOD DRIVE

We were recently notified that we collected 126.7% of our goal during the March 14, 2012 Blood Drive held in the Atrium of the Physics Research Building. The Americian Red Cross has asked us to…

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Brutus demonstrates good lab practice

Brutus Buckeye demonstrates good lab practice by wearing safety goggles made by Pete Gosser in the Physics Machine Shop.

Go BUCKS!

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NMS Undergraduate Research Forum

The Natural and Mathematical Sciences 2012 Undergraduate Research Forum will be held in the Atrium of the Physics Research Building on April 20, 2102. This forum is for undergraduate students…