Department News Archive


Johns Hopkins Chemist Wins Packard Fellowship

Johns Hopkins Chemist Wins Packard Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University chemist Tyrel McQueen has been awarded a 2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship for Science and Engineering. The fellowship is one of 16 awarded each year nationwide, and […]


Astronomers Spy Distant Galaxy in Its Infancy

Astronomers Spy Distant Galaxy in Its Infancy
Discovery of a small, faint galaxy opens window into deepest, most remote epochs of cosmic history. With the combined power of NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes as well as […]


In Memoriam: Dr. Zlatko Tesanovic

In Memoriam: Dr. Zlatko Tesanovic
It is with great sadness that we report that Professor Zlatko Tesanovic passed away on July 26, 2012, of an apparent heart attack. A leading theoretical condensed matter physicist, Zlatko’s work primarily […]


2012 Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award (DURA) Winners

The Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards (DURA) are designed to promote independent research projects among exceptional undergraduate students in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. These awards, which range from […]


Mark Robbins Honored With Simons Fellowship

Mark Robbins Honored With Simons Fellowship
Mark Robbins, a theoretical physicist and professor in the William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at The Johns Hopkins […]


Adam Riess Wins the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics

Adam Riess Wins the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics
Congratulations to our own Adam Riess, awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences! Adam Riess, the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor in Physics and Astronomy and […]