A new measurement reported in Nature provides evidence for a new cooling property of dark matter posited by a collection of professors, postdoctoral fellows, and students from our department. The […]
News & Announcements Archive
Andy Connolly Appointed to the JHU Society of Scholars
Prof. Andy Connolly has been appointed to the JHU Society of Scholars. Andy was a postdoctoral fellow and Assistant Research Scientist in our department from 1993 to 1999, working primarily […]
Yi Li Selected for an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
Assistant Professor Yi Li has been selected for an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship for her outstanding research in condensed matter physics theory. Alfred P. Sloan Fellowships are awarded to “early-career […]
Collin Broholm Participates in “Subatomic Smackdown”
Prof. Collin Broholm has entered the ring as part of a fun competition that pits four subatomic particles – neutron, proton, photon and electron – against one another, each one putting forward […]
David Kaplan’s Work on the Idea of a “Bouncing Universe” Featured in Quanta
Prof. David Kaplan’s work surrounding the idea of a “bouncing universe” is featured in a new article that appears in Quanta Magazine titled “How the Universe Got Its Bounce Back.”
Hsiang-Chih Hwang Named 2018 Gardner Fellow
Graduate student Hsiang-Chih Hwang has been named the 2018 Gardner Fellow. The Gardner fellowship and award will allow Hwang to focus on his research with Prof. Nadia Zakamska on variability […]
Kevin Schlaufman Proposes New Limit on the Definition of a Planet
In his paper, published online by the Astrophysical Journal, Assistant Professor Kevin Schlaufman set the upper boundary of planet mass between four and 10 times Jupiter’s mass. Narrowing down the […]
Tamás Budavári Works to Solve Baltimore’s Urban Blight
Associate Research Professor Tamás Budavári was worked for the last year to develop an algorithmic tool that can predict a Baltimore’s vacancies. Read more about his work in a recent […]
Strong JHU Showing at the 231st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
Current and former JHU/CAS graduate students and researchers, meeting last week (8 – 12 January 2018) to exchange the results of their research, take a moment to pose for a picture at the 231st meeting of the American Astronomical Society at the National Harbor convention center.
Two From Hopkins Honored by the American Astronomical Society
Joseph Silk, the Homewood Professor of Physics and Astronomy, is the recipient of the 2018 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, which is intended to recognize a lifetime of eminence in astronomical research. Yacine Ali-Haimoud, who was a postdoc at JHU from 2014–2017 (and joined the faculty of NYU in Fall 2017) is the recipient of the Helen B. Warner Prize, which recognizes outstanding early-career contributions to theoretical or observational astronomy.