The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has announced a new accolade: Fellow of the AAS, and four department members are part of the inaugural class. Professors Marc Kamionkowski, Adam Riess, Joseph […]
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Yi Li, Tyrel McQueen, and Brice Ménard Participate in Faculty Open Doors Event
Professors Yi Li, Tyrel McQueen, and Brice Ménard participated in the new Faculty Open Doors program on Friday in which the three professors each welcomed other faculty from across the […]
Spring 2020 Department-wide Colloquium Series Kicks Off
The first of seven department-wide colloquia begins today at 3:30 in Schafler Auditorium when Aleksander Madry of Massachusetts Institute of Technology presents “Are All Features Created Equal?”
Brice Ménard Presents the President’s Frontier Award Lecture
The President’s Frontier Award Lecture featured 2019 recipient Dr. Brice Ménard presenting “The Wonders of Networks” on January 29th at 2:00pm in Charles Commons. We hope you were able to join […]
Bloomberg Art from Science Innovation Contest – Accepting Submissions Now
So much concrete. So much science. So little art. So let’s beautify. We invite submissions of visually striking art works inspired by your scientific work. Unlike BASIC 1.0, our contest […]
Emanuele Berti Selected to Present Buhl Lecture at Carnegie Mellon University
Professor Emanuele Berti has been selected to present the annual Buhl Lecture at Carnegie Mellon University this Spring. Each year, CMU’s Buhl Professor invites an internationally recognized scientist to give […]
Johannes Staguhn Leads Research on New Space Image of Cosmic ‘Candy Cane’
Principal Research Scientist Johannes Staguhn is the lead author on a paper recently published in The Astrophysical Journal that describes a new image from Milky Way galaxy’s center of a […]
Colin Norman Becomes American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Prof. Colin Norman has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This is lifetime distinction in honor of his invaluable contributions to science […]
Alex Szalay’s Big Data Cancer Research Featured on CBS News
On November 26, CBS aired an interview with IDIES member, Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee, and Director, Dr. Alex Szalay that discussed their research collaboration on pancreatic cancer and patients who had […]
Physicist Richard Zdanis, a Former Vice Provost at JHU, Dies at 83
Richard A. Zdanis, an alum went on to serve in the Johns Hopkins University administration and as professor in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics and […]