Congratulations to Professor Yosuke Kanai on being elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)! Dr. Yosuke Kanai is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He … Read more
Three undergraduate student mentees of the Grad-to-Undergrad (G2U) Mentorship Program – Maria “Flor” Nardone, Vysnavi “Vyshu” Sabbi, and Gerald “Mezzie” Akwuole – attended the Conference for Undergraduate Minorities in Physics (CU2MIP) [https://cu2mip.physics.umd.edu]. The conference was held from April 12-14th at … Read more
Congratulations to Prof. Dan Reichart on receiving the Emmons Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, for “demonstrating outstanding achievement in the teaching of college-level introductory astronomy for non-majors”. More info here.
On August 26, astronomy minor Karsen Kitchen who is senior majoring in communication studies made history by being the youngest woman to cross the Kármán line (an altitude of 100 km above mean sea level) which marks the boundary of … Read more
Increasing the bandwidth of existing optical fiber networks is vital as society’s appetite for information grows. Writing in npj Spintronics, an editorial article (titled ‘Communicating with magnons’: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44306-024-00060-1) highlighted a recent publication by Y. Xiong et al from Wei Zhang’s … Read more
Congratulations to Prof. Brad Barlow who was recently awarded a 2024-2025 Faculty Research Grant from the NC Space Grant! This funding will support Barlow and several undergraduate students as they use optical photometry from space- and ground-based observatories to search … Read more
Profs Otto Zhou and Jianping Lu, along with Prof. Yueh Lee, Radiology and Adjunct Prof of Physics and colleagues from computer sciences and data sciences and school of medicine, won one of the five Carolina Creativity Hubs award. The title … Read more
A new study, co-authored by Prof. Mike Shull, quantifies the true darkness of the cosmic sky. It was recently published in the Astrophysical Journal (Vol 972, 95) and was featured on a NASA press release. The study is based on … Read more