At last week’s meeting of the International Society of General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG), Professor Emanuele Berti was named a Fellow, and was also voted as the new President Elect of the society. […]
Department News Archive
Astrophysics, Awards
Condensed Matter
What Gives Animal Cells Their Agency? Yu Shi Measures Cytoskeletal Fluctuations
Graduate student Yu Shi is the lead author of a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that examines cellular dynamics using micropost arrays. The ability […]
Astrophysics
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) 20th Anniversary Reunion
Last Friday the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Center for Astrophysical Sciences at JHU hosted a reunion of those who worked on the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) […]
Astrophysics
Riccardo Giacconi Memorial Symposium Held at National Academy of Sciences
The Space Telescope Science Institute, Center for Astrophysics (Harvard & Smithsonian), Johns Hopkins University, the European Southern Observatory, and Associated Universities, Inc. organized a memorial symposium in honor of Riccardo […]
Astrophysics, Awards
Two Department Members Chosen for Decadal Survey in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Prof. Marc Kamionkowski and Associate Research Scientist Rachel Osten have been selected to steering committee for the upcoming National Academy of Sciences decadal survey in Astronomy and Astrophysics. We are […]
Astrophysics
Adam Riess Featured on NPR’s On Point Radio
Prof. Adam Riess was a guest on NPR’s On Point Radio this morning to discuss his new research about the age of the universe. Listen to the interview via the […]
Astrophysics, Undergraduate
Brice Ménard Leads the Johns Hopkins Helium Balloon Project to Great Heights
A team of Johns Hopkins students led by Prof. Brice Ménard recently launched cameras and other devices more than 16 miles into the Earth’s atmosphere to collect data, then tracked […]
Astrophysics, Awards
Joe Silk Awarded the 2019 Gruber Prize in Cosmology
Homewood Professor Joe Silk has been awarded the 2019 Gruber Prize in Cosmology, along with Nick Kaiser. The citation reads: “Through different but complementary approaches to the same problems in […]
Awards, Graduate, Undergraduate
Graduate and Undergraduate Students Receive Annual Department Awards
Graduate Student Awards Gardner Fellowship: Melissa Diamond The Gardner Fellowship was founded by William Gardner (Ph.D., ’68), who received his Ph.D. in physics under Prof. Warren Moos and had a […]
Astrophysics, Awards
Marc Kamionkowski Named to National Academy of Sciences
Marc Kamionskowski was among 100 new members and 25 foreign associates to be selected for membership to the National Academy of Sciences this year. The National Academy of Sciences is […]