Physics News
15 November 2021Masses in the Stellar Graveyard
More than 30 new black hole events are detailed in a new report from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA international scientific collaboration, which includes Associate Professor of Physics Steve Penn.
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30 September 2021Taking Flight to Columbia University
Through his award-winning research, physics major Dimosthenis Chrysochoou '22 is exploring how STEM subjects intersect with social and environmental awareness.
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27 April 2021New STEM Research Stipends for HWS Students
HWS research students are not laboratory assistants; they are co-investigators into our unknown world.
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16 October 2020Appleton '23 Completes Basic Training
How do you follow up a strong first semester at Hobart College? If you’re Jacob Appleton ’23, you take a semester off to complete basic training to enlist in the U.S. Army Reserves.
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16 October 2020Across the Galaxy with HWS Physics
During Homecoming and Family Weekend 2020, a virtual panel discussion explored some of the research that HWS faculty, staff and alums are undertaking to unravel the mysteries of space.
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15 October 2020Black Holes, Astrophysics and the 2020 Nobel
This month, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists whose research on black holes has pushed astrophysics into new territory, recognizing “areas of physics that have become critical for our fundamental understanding of the universe,” says Associate Professor of Physics Steven Penn, whose work supported the discoveries honored with the Nobel in 2017.
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7 October 2020Williams '21 Engages with Global PPE Compliance Project
Despite the gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic, for Kelsey Williams '21, it has opened a door to a rewarding internship experience.
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