Department News

Sydney Timmerman and Katherine Xiang Co-recipients of the 2020 Donald E. Kerr Memorial Award

Sydney Timmerman and Katherine Xiang Co-recipients of the 2020 Donald E. Kerr Memorial Award
The Department is pleased to announce Physics majors Sydney Timmerman and Katherine Xiang as co-recipients of the 2020 Donald E. Kerr Memorial Award.  The Kerr Award, established in 1979, acknowledges outstanding graduating Physics majors who have distinguished themselves through their performance in the classroom, their accomplishments in research, and their other positive contributions to the […]

Chris Lygouras Named Newest William Gardner Fellow

Chris Lygouras Named Newest William Gardner Fellow
First year graduate student Chris Lygouras has been awarded the department’s 2020 Wiliam Gardner Fellowship. Lygouras is researching quantum materials with the Institute for Quantum Matter under the supervision of Prof. Collin Broholm.  He has already been involved in multiple research projects and will expand on these projects with the help of the Gardner Fellowship […]

Kirsten Hall Named Schmidt Science Fellow

Kirsten Hall Named Schmidt Science Fellow
Graduate student Kirsten Hall, who is working on her PhD with Professors Toby Marriage and Nadia Zakamska, has been named one of the “22 early-career scientists who comprise the third cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows, a program of Schmidt Futures, in partnership with the Rhodes Trust. The new Fellows aim to harness interdisciplinary approaches to […]

Turner Woody Receives Goldwater Scholarship

Turner Woody Receives Goldwater Scholarship
Junior physics major Turner Woody has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship. Turner’s goal is to pursue a PhD studying the chemistry and kinematics of stars in our galaxy. His faculty mentor is Kevin Schlaufman. The Goldwater Scholarship Program, one of the oldest and most prestigious national scholarships in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics in […]