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Mon, 01/30/2023

Cristian Xavier Baldenegro Barrera - 2023 Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient (Opens in new window)

Cristian Xavier Baldenegro Barrera Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique receives 2023 Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award in Experimental Particle Physics. ...

Mon, 01/30/2023

KU nominates 5 undergraduates for 2023 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships

LAWRENCE — Five University of Kansas students who have been actively involved in undergraduate research during their university careers are competing for Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, regarded as the premier undergraduate award to encourage excellence in science, engineering and mathematics.  ...

Fri, 12/16/2022

54 KU students receive Undergraduate Research Awards for spring 2023

LAWRENCE — This spring, 54 University of Kansas students will receive an Undergraduate Research Award (UGRA) from the Center for Undergraduate Research. UGRA recipients are awarded a $1,000 scholarship as they work on mentored research and creative projects. ...

Tue, 11/22/2022

With next-generation space telescope, researchers glimpse first evidence of photochemistry on exoplanet

Fri, 11/04/2022

How dangerous are nearby supernovae to life on Earth? (Opens in new window)

From a distance, supernovae explosions are fascinating. A star more massive than our sun runs out of hydrogen and becomes unstable. Eventually, it explodes and releases so much energy it can outshine its host galaxy for months. ...

Thu, 10/13/2022

KU physicist named to Class of 2022 MacArthur Fellows

LAWRENCE — The MacArthur Foundation announced Steven Prohira, assistant professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, as a Class of 2022 MacArthur Fellow. ...

Wed, 09/14/2022

Christophe Royon - 2022 Gold Medal Award from the Mexican Physical Society, Division of Particle and Fields

Christophe Royon, Foundation Distinguished Professor at the Department of Physics & Astronomy, was awarded the 2022 gold medal of the Mexican Physical Society, Division of Particle and Fields "for his leadership in the discovery of odd-gluon state odderon from elastic proton-proton and proton-antiproton collisions at TOTEM and D0 detectors, his...

Wed, 09/14/2022

Christophe Royon - 2022 Gold Medal Award from the Mexican Physical Society, Division of Particle and Fields (Opens in new window)

Christophe Royon, Foundation Distinguished Professor at the Department of Physics & Astronomy, was awarded the 2022 gold medal of the Mexican Physical Society, Division of Particle and Fields "for his leadership in the discovery of odd-gluon state odderon from elastic proton-proton and proton-antiproton collisions at TOTEM and D0 detectors, his...

Mon, 04/04/2022

Graduate Student Appreciation Week

In honor of our graduate students and in recognition of Graduate Student Appreciation Week, the department will be hosting the following events:...

Wed, 03/09/2022

Physics & Astronomy Department - Annual Award Winners

Please visit this link (PDF) for information about the 2021 award winners. ...

Fri, 02/25/2022

KU Physics & Astronomy REU

Applications are open now and due by March 15th! For more information and to apply, you can visit the REU website. ...

Thu, 12/02/2021

KU astronomers help point the way forward for America's research priorities

Fri, 10/15/2021

Join us for NASA Eyes, Kansas Minds II: JWST on October 30

Learn about how the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will explore the Universe like never before! Register for this free virtual public workshop. ...

Tue, 09/14/2021

KU to lead new program supporting inter-American research on nuclear science

Wed, 09/01/2021

J. Michael Young Award (Opens in new window)

Prof. Ian Lewis receives the J. Michael Young Academic Advisor Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. ...

Thu, 06/03/2021

Fall 2021 UGRAs

KU Physics & Astronomy undergraduates Casey Carlile and Anika Goel receive Fall 2021 UGRA positions.
Mon, 04/12/2021

How the University of Kansas Is Paving the Way in Revealing Radiation (Opens in new window)

New technologies developed at the University of Kansas are revealing radiation with unprecedented precision and giving a better understanding of the secrets of matter from the scale of the Universe to quarks.
Tue, 03/09/2021

Odderon discovered (Opens in new window)

The TOTEM collaboration at the LHC, in collaboration with the DØ collaboration at the former Tevatron collider at Fermilab, have announced the discovery of the odderon – an elusive three-gluon state predicted almost 50 years ago.
Fri, 01/08/2021

Women Supporting Women in the Sciences

Women Supporting Women in the Sciences (WS2) is an international initiative unifying and supporting graduate and professional-level women and allies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), while providing outreach to elementary and secondary level students. Since late 2018, graduate students and postdocs from Northwestern University and several institutions in...

Wed, 09/16/2020

KU astronomer helps confirm first-ever planet found orbiting white dwarf star

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