Physics News
1 April 2023The Eclipse Is Coming
Mark your calendars: the Hobart and William Smith campus will be in the path of totality for the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse.
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9 March 2023Spector Offers Insight on Quantum Mechanics
Professor of Physics Donald Spector gave a keynote address at the annual meeting for the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts at Purdue University.
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6 January 2023Brain Signals, Robotics and Research
Robotic testing of brain models plays an increasingly important role in developing medical treatments for neuromotor conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, as well as robotic prosthetics for patients managing paralysis and amputation.
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15 December 2022Stein Family Commits $5 Million to Integrated Science Center Project
A generous gift from Kevin Stein ’88 and his family provides the financial foundation for a state-of-the-art building that will be the hub of scientific education at Hobart and William Smith.
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8 December 2022Physics: The Most Mind Blowing Discipline
Associate Professor Steven Penn teaches “PHYSX: Knowing the World,” instructing and advising first-year students on the Physics track.
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7 July 2022Introducing the New Aquatic Science Minor
A new minor in aquatic science capitalizes on the campus’ long history of limnologic research and leverages the Colleges’ location on Seneca Lake.
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1 June 2022Atomic Physics with Prof. Allen
Associate Professor of Physics Ted Allen explains recent research on quantum mechanics.
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