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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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 […]
Adam Riess Receives 2020 Chalonge-de Vega Medals from the International School of Astrophysics
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Adam Riess has received the 2020 Chalonge-de Vega Medals from the International School of Astrophysics in Paris. The citation for the award reads: “for his contribution to […]
K. D. Kuntz Participates in STORM, NASA’s New Mission to Study the Earth’s Magnetosheath
Research Scientist K. D. Kuntz will contribute to the Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM) mission that has been selected by NASA for Phase-A study, in preparation […]
Jeffrey (Heshy) Roskes Receives Springer Award
Jeffrey (Heshy) Roskes, who earned his PhD in the department in October 2019, working on studies of the Higgs boson with Prof. Andrei Gritsan, has received the Springer Award for an outstanding PhD […]
Remembering Mark Robbins
Professor Mark Robbins taught at Johns Hopkins for more than 30 years, studying the atomic origin of macroscopic phenomena such as earthquakes and avalanches and helping lead the establishment of […]
Jonathan Bagger to Become CEO of American Physical Society
From Philip H. Bucksbaum, President of the American Physical Society (APS), regarding Research Professor Jonathan Bagger: I have the pleasure to announce that theoretical physicist Jonathan Bagger has been selected to […]
Remembering Ron Allen
From Ken Sembach, Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute: Dear Colleagues, It is with sadness that I inform you that our colleague and emeritus astronomer Ron Allen passed away […]
Alex Szalay Receives the Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize
Professor Alex Szalay is one of three recipients of the 2020 Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize. The award is in recognition of Professor Szalay’s “pioneering work on demonstrating that the […]
Yi Li Receives 2020 Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award
Assistant Professor Yi Li has been chosen as a 2020 Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award recipient. This is in recognition of her exceptional work as an early-career investigator, which embodies the […]