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Johnny Greco is 2012 Goldwater Scholar

Congratulations!! Johnny Greco,a junior majoring in physics and astronomy was notified that he was the recipient of a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship yesterday with a…

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Fund established in support of GRASP program

GRASP (Girls Reaching to Achieve in Sports and Physics) is a day camp that makes physics fun, relevant, and accessible to middle school girls. This program will fill the PRB with active middle…

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Professor Jason Ho receives prestigious Simons Fellowship

Professor Tin-Lun (Jason) Ho was recently awarded a prestigious Simons Fellowship in Theoretical Physics for his grant submission entitled “Fundamental Issues in Degenerate Quantum Gases.” This…

Nature's cover. It pictures a Baobab tree with a sunset in the background.

Making a molecular movie - Di Mauro group published in NATURE -

Nature, March 8 issue: “Observation of femtosecond, sub-Angstrom molecular bond length change using laser-induced electron diffraction”

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2012 Winter HoloFest - March 8 and 9

The Winter 2012 HoloFest Exhibition will take place in Smith Lab room 0006. It opens on Thurs. Mar. 8 at 5pm and runs until 5pm on Mar 9.

The HoloFest Exhibition is hosted by the OSU…

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Society of Physics Students 50/50 Fundraising Raffle - Supports Spring Field Trip

The Society of Physics Students is conducting a 50/50 Raffle to raise money for their Spring quarter field trip! SPS members will be traveling to a nearby lab, possibly Fermilab or OakRidge…

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Lou DiMauro awarded University Distinguished Scholar Award at Surprise visit by President Gee

The Physics Department Faculty Meeting on Thursday January 26, 2012 was interrupted by a surprise visit from President E. Gordon Gee and other university administrators. The purpose of the visit…

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2011 CCAPP Price Prize Winners Announced

The Dr. Pliny A. and Margaret H. Price Prize of the Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (CCAPP) is supported by generous gifts from Steve Price and Jill Levy, and is named after Steve…

Pictured from left to right: Jonathon Shover, Pete Gosser, Jim Beatty, Josh Gueth, and Bob Merritt.

Technical Support Staff complete Vacuum Technology Training

Technical support staff members recently completed a course entitled “Basics of Vacuum Technology”. This course was a six-week, 8-hour department-sponsored, internal training seminar covering:…