December 2-10, 2020, marks the 30th anniversary of the Astro-1 space shuttle mission (STS-35) aboard the orbiter Columbia. This mission carried the Astro Observatory into space for a dedicated ultraviolet astronomy […]
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Astrophysics
Awards
Tim Heckman Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Tim Heckman, chair of the Department and the inaugural Dr. A. Hermann Pfund Professoris, is among 489 distinguished scholars recognized this year as fellows of the American Association for the […]
Awards, Undergraduate
Junjia Zhang Receives Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award
Physics major Junjia Zhang has been selected to receive the Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award for the current academic year. Junjia is working with Assistant Professor Yi Li in theoretical condensed matter […]
Astrophysics, Undergraduate
KSAS Field Notes: Lucie Afko in the Sky with Software
Lucie Afko, a sophomore physics major, is featured in the “Field Notes” section of the fall 2020 edition of Arts & Sciences Magazine. The article details Lucie’s hands-on experience working […]
Astrophysics, Condensed Matter, Graduate, Particle Physics
Women in Physics & Astronomy Spotlight – December 1, 2020, 12:30 – REGISTRATION OPEN
Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Start Time: 12:30pm, End Time: 2:00pmRegistration now open Chaired by Dr. Tim Heckman, the JHU Physics and Astronomy Advisory Council is pleased to invite select alumni […]
Astrophysics
Brice Ménard and Yi-Kuan Chiang Measure the Global Warming of Galaxies
Associate Professor Brice Ménard and former postdoctoral fellow in the department, Yi-Kuan Chiang, have published research in Astrophysical Journal that demonstrates how the temperature of galaxy clusters today, on average, […]
Astrophysics, Particle Physics
Jared Kaplan Creates Video Series with Scientific American
Associate Professor Jared Kaplan has created a new video series in conjunction with Scientific American that focuses on physics, cosmology, and quantum gravity. The three short, whimsical videos were funded […]
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IDIES/MINDS to Hold Joint Annual Symposium on Oct. 23
IDIES and MINDS seek to promote interdisciplinary collaborations and invite researchers from across JHU, the government, industry, and local organizations who have an interest in data science and how to […]
Astrophysics
Space@Hopkins Virtual Symposium Slated for Oct. 22 @ 1 PM – Registration Now Open
Save the date: Space@Hopkins will be holding a virtual symposium on October 22 starting at 1:00 PM EDT! The event will highlight space research across JHU divisions. Featuring talks by: Dr. Jason Kalirai (Mission Area […]
Astrophysics
New York Times Article About the Origin of Galactic Clusters Features Department Members’ Research
An article by Dennis Overbye in the New York Times today summarizes the exciting discovery that one of earliest supermassive black holes to form in the universe lives at the […]