In December 2017 the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris hosted an international conference to celebrate Joe Silk’s 75th birthday, providing a unique occasion to bring together the world’s top experts in […]
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Chuck Bennett Receives the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Chuck Bennett, leader of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe space mission, has been named a recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his work that […]
Marc Kamionkowski and Mark Robbins Named Fellows of the AAAS
Marc Kamionkowski and Mark Robbins have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of their scientifically distinguished work. Kamionkowski was selected for his contributions to […]
JHU/UMD Team Selected to Lead Early James Webb Space Telescope Observations
James Webb Space Telescope, the next-generation observatory scheduled to launch in 2019, announced selection of 13 teams to lead Early Release Science programs. Among them is a team led by a recent JHU postdoctoral researcher Dominika Wylezalek (Akbari-Mack Fellow, JHU Provost Fellow), Prof. Nadia Zakamska (JHU) and Prof. Sylvain Veilleux (UMD, College Park).
Prof. Rosemary Wyse Elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Prof. Rosemary Wyse has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. The criterion for election is exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise. Wyse was recognized “For pioneering contributions […]
Marc Kamionkowski to give the Hans Jensen Lecture at University of Heidelberg
Prof. Marc Kamionkowski has been invited to give the Hans Jensen Lecture at the University of Heidelberg as part of the doctoral program’s biannual “Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days.” The lecture is named for Hans Jensen, who shared the 1963 Nobel Prize for the nuclear shell model, and is intended to honor speakers who have made fundamental contributions to a research area in modern physics.
Chuck Bennett receives Isaac Newton Medal & Prize from the Institute of Physics
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Chuck Bennett is the recipient of the 2017 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize, announced today by the Institute of Physics in London in recognition of research that […]
Tobias Marriage Receives CAREER Award From the National Science Foundation
Assistant Professor Tobias Marriage has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. The award supports research by graduate and undergraduate students analyzing data from the JHU-led Cosmology Large […]
Chuck Bennett Appears on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition All Week
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Chuck Bennett has appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition everyday this week for a daily cosmology series – listen to each segment.
Peter Armitage and Team Discover Clue to Key Mystery of Modern Physics
In an paper published in Science, Associate Professor Peter Armitage and a team of six scientists from JHU and Rutgers University experiment with material that straddles world of classical physics and a hidden quantum realm.