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Yu Fei Liu to Perform Dance Capstone that Focuses on Frustrated Magnetism, Saturday,  4/27, 7:30 PM

Yu Fei Liu to Perform Dance Capstone that Focuses on Frustrated Magnetism, Saturday, 4/27, 7:30 PM

Physics major, Yu Fei Liu, who is also earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance at The Peabody Institute, will be directing a presentation on ideas of frustrated magnetism presented by ballet performance this Saturday, April 27th at 7:30 PM. The performance, which also includes original musical compositions, will be live-streamed on Peabody’s website.

Michael Falk Receives the American Physical Society’s 2024 Five Sigma Physicist Award

Michael Falk Receives the American Physical Society’s 2024 Five Sigma Physicist Award

Professor and Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education within the Whiting School of Engineering, Michael Falk, has received the Five Sigma Physicist Award from APS. The award recognizes APS members who perform outstanding volunteer advocacy work to help advance APS’s science policy priorities. Recipients demonstrate impactful advocacy actions with APS Government Affairs throughout the year.

Mitchell Karmen and Stephen Schmidt Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Mitchell Karmen and Stephen Schmidt Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Graduate students Mitchell Karmen and Stephen Schmidt have been awarded Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high achieving scientists early in their careers. 

Marc Kamionkowski Named 2024 Guggenheim Fellow

Marc Kamionkowski Named 2024 Guggenheim Fellow

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Marc Kamionkowski has been awarded a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship from The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The Guggenheim Fellowship recognizes exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation in any art form, under the freest possible conditions. Kamionkowski was recognized for his research in astrophysics.

Danielle Speller Receives Honorable Mention for Joseph A. Johnson Award for Excellence

Danielle Speller Receives Honorable Mention for Joseph A. Johnson Award for Excellence

Assistant Professor Danielle Speller received honorable mention from the American Institute of Physics and the National Society of Black Physicists in recognition of her scientific ingenuity and impactful mentorship and service during the awarding the Joseph A. Johnson Award for Excellence.

Grace Luettgen Receives Goldwater Scholarship

Grace Luettgen Receives Goldwater Scholarship

Physics major Grace Luettgen was recently awarded the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship. The scholarship, named in honor of late Senator and Major General Barry Goldwater, supports college sophomores and juniors pursuing research careers in engineering, mathematics, and the natural sciences. Luettgen is being recognized for her work in the field of biophysics.

Suvi Gezari Appointed as Research Professor in Physics & Astronomy

Suvi Gezari Appointed as Research Professor in Physics & Astronomy

Suvi Gezari, previously a Hubble Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, has been appointed as Research Professor in Physics & Astronomy in the department. Dr. Gezari also holds an appointment as […]

Bill Blair Answers Questions About the Solar Eclipse on April 8th

Bill Blair Answers Questions About the Solar Eclipse on April 8th

Research Professor Bill Blair answered questions from The Hub about the solar eclipse that will occur during the afternoon of April 8th.

Joseph Eimer Appears on WYPR to Discuss  New Map from Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor

Joseph Eimer Appears on WYPR to Discuss New Map from Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor

Associate Research Scientist Joseph Eimer spoke with Sheilah Kast for “On the Record” on WYPR about the publication he was the lead author of titled “CLASS Angular Power Spectra and Map-component Analysis for 40 GHz Observations through 2022.”

Joseph Eimer, Chuck Bennett, and Toby Marriage Publish Microwave Polarization Maps of 75% of the Sky

Joseph Eimer, Chuck Bennett, and Toby Marriage Publish Microwave Polarization Maps of 75% of the Sky

Associate Research Scientist Joseph Eimer, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Chuck Bennett, and Professor Toby Marriage have published maps of the sky in The Astrophysical Journal that help to explain the formation and evolution of the universe. The team employed the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor, or CLASS, telescope, a collaboration led by JHU.