The universe appears to be expanding faster now than predicted, according to measurements of the expansion rate as seen shortly after the Big Bang, revealed in a study led by […]
News & Announcements Archive
Rosemary F. G. Wyse Awarded Brouwer Award by Division on Dynamical Astronomy
Professor Rosie Wyse has been awarded the 2016 Brouwer Award by the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society for her fundamental role in advancing our understanding of […]
High-powered CLASS Telescope Receives ‘First Light’
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Charles Bennett, Assistant Professor Tobias Marriage, and scores of other Johns Hopkins scientists, have started analyzing data from 13.8 billion-year-old radiation. Click here to read more about […]
Space@Hopkins Initiative Launches with Goal of Bringing Researchers Together
Though Johns Hopkins University has a long history with space studies that dates to before the founding of NASA, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Charles Bennett couldn’t help but notice how disconnected […]
Timothy Heckman Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Dr. A. Hermann Pfund Professor and Department Chair, Tim Heckman, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Heckman was elected to the nonprofit institution in recognition of his […]
Brice Ménard Selected to Attend the 2016 Science Foo Camp at the Googleplex
Faculty member Brice Ménard has been selected to attend the annual Sci Foo Camp at Google Headquarters later this year. The invitation-only event brings together 250 individuals with diverse backgrounds in science and technology, and is designed to encourage collaboration between scientists who would not typically work together. Click here for more info.
Tyrel McQueen Named Facility Director of PARADIM Crystal Growth Facility
The National Science Foundation announced today that JHU is establishing a cutting-edge crystal growth facility as part of a national research project under the NSF’s new Materials Innovation Platform program. […]
Marc Kamionkowski elected a Fellow of the ISGRG
Marc Kamionkowski, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, has been elected a Fellow of the International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation. Kamionkowski was recognized, “for his contributions to contemporary […]
Peter Armitage Awarded the 2016 Ludwig-Genzel Prize
Associate Professor Peter Armitage has been awarded the 2016 Ludwig-Genzel Prize. This prize “is awarded to a young scientist for exceptional contribution to the field of condensed matter spectroscopy.” The […]
Remembering Professor Cal Walker, Former Chair of the Department
On January 15, 2016, The Johns Hopkins University lost Professor James Calvin “Cal” Walker, an emeritus faculty member in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, to cancer. Please click here to read a remembrance of Professor Walker.