The Ally Spotlight is a new project from the Diversity Committee designed to celebrate staff, faculty, and students who have taken the initiative to develop their allyship skills to help foster a more inclusive department. This month, we are featuring … Read more

We are sharing the recording of the “How the System Works” info session held last month by the The Physics & Astronomy Diversity Committee. This info session — presented by undergrad + grad students and P&A faculty — can be … Read more

The Diversity Committee of the Department of Physics and Astronomy would like to offer more than just words as our hearts go out to Asian/Americans recently traumatized by mass violence, and to all in our community who live daily with … Read more

Bernard Gray Distinguished Professor Laurie McNeil has been elected a member of the Council of Representatives of the American Physical Society. The Council has oversight of APS’s publications and conferences, must approve all policy statements and science strategy actions, and … Read more

The Ally Spotlight is a new project from the Diversity Committee designed to celebrate staff, faculty, + students who have taken the initiative to develop their allyship skills to help foster a more inclusive department. This month, we are featuring … Read more

In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, January 2020 can seem as distant as a faraway galaxy. For UNC-Chapel Hill doctoral student Derrick Carr, whose research focuses on galaxies, the month is a vivid memory: Carr traveled to the 235th meeting of … Read more

This semester, the P&A department chose a graduate student to serve as a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholar responsible for planning events and organizing resources related to improving the department’s recruitment of diverse students at the undergraduate and graduate level, … Read more

From June 4, 2020 Many of us have reacted in horror to the senseless killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, and other recent acts of violence against Black Americans that have consumed the country. As a departmental community … Read more

This semester, the P&A department will be choosing a graduate student to serve as a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholar responsible for planning events and organizing resources related to improving the department’s recruitment of diverse students at the undergraduate and … Read more

Seattle WA – January 8, 2019 (8:10 AM PST) – The winners of the 2018 Buchalter Cosmology Prize were announced today at the 233rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle, Washington. The annual prize, created by Dr. Ari Buchalter in … Read more

How did life begin? What is dark matter? What is consciousness? How much do we really know? These essential questions have fueled scientific inquiry for generations. Dr. Rachel Smith, Adjunct Professor at UNC, Associate Professor at Appalachian State, Head of … Read more

ASA DataFest 2018 @ Duke took place over the April 6-8, 2018 at Penn Pavillion with participation from over 380 students in 84 teams from nine schools (Duke, UNC, NC State, Wake Forest, Appalachian State University, NC A&T, NCSSM, College of William and Mary, Meredith). This … Read more