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Graduate Students Receive Self Graduate Fellowship
Curtis McLennan and Ashley Lieber receive Self Graduate Fellowships.
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‘Potentially volcano-covered’ Earth-size planet found orbiting star first described by KU astronomer
Ian Crossfield, Associate Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at KU, is co-author of a new paper in the journal Nature describing an unusually geologically active exoplanet circling a small red dwarf in the southern constellation Crater. LP 791-18 d is an Earth-sized world
Graduate Students Receive Self Graduate Fellowship
Curtis McLennan and Ashley Lieber receive Self Graduate Fellowships.
Graduate Program Ranks in Top 50 of Public Universities
KU Physics & Astronomy Graduate Program ranks #47 of public universities according to U.S. News & World Report.
KU PHYSICIST APPOINTED TO HELP PREPARE NEXT LONG RANGE PLAN ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE
Daniel Tapia Takaki, University of Kansas associate professor of physics & astronomy, was appointed to serve on the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) earlier this year.
A Fresh Map of Mars, From a Spacecraft Called Hope
Dimitra Atri, KU Physics & Astronomy PhD, featured in story on a new Mars map. Can also be found here: https://www.space.com/uae-mars-hope-orbiter-new-map.
Professor Dmitry Ovchinnikov Receives KU Research GO Award
Dmitry Ovchinnikov, Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy receives KU Research Go Award for: Electric Field Control of Magnetism in Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials.
Kate Wienke Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
Kate Wienke, Physics & Astronomy student, receives 2023 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
Students Nominated For The 2023 Goldwater Scholarship
Thresa Kelly, a junior in engineering physics – digital electronic systems with a minor in astronomy and Kate Wienke, a junior in physics nominated for Goldwater Scholarship.
Cristian Xavier Baldenegro Barrera - 2023 Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient
Cristian Xavier Baldenegro Barrera Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique receives 2023 Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award in Experimental Particle Physics.
Undergraduate Research Awards - Spring 2023
Morgan Cassidy, Richard Moser, Wesley Sportsman receive awards.