Physics News
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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27 July 2020Data from Perkin Observatory Confirms Existence of New Exoplanet
Observations with the Colleges’ Richard S. Perkin Observatory have been used to help confirm the existence of a new extra-solar planet, according to an article co-authored by Associate Professor of Physics Leslie Hebb that appears this month in The Astrophysical Journal.
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25 June 2020Honors Students Demonstrate Academic Rigor
Twenty-eight students in the Classes of 2020 have graduated with Honors, demonstrating academic rigor and excellence in written and oral communication.
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14 February 2020Penn Earns NSF Grant to Improve LIGO Capability
Associate Professor of Physics Steven Penn and Syracuse University Professor of Physics Stefan Ballmer are leading a new project funded through a National Science Foundation Grant to develop improved instrumentation for detecting gravitational waves.
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18 October 2019Penn Elected Chair of LIGO Scientific Collaboration
This month, Professor of Physics Steven Penn was elected Chair of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), an international group of more than 1,300 researchers focused on the direct detection of gravitational waves as a means to explore the fundamental physics of gravity and to advance astronomical discovery.
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16 May 2019Schrader '21 Wins Holland Prize
Andrew Schrader ’21 was recently named the winner of the Physics Department’s 2019 Albert Holland Physics Lecture Competition, after the delivery of his presentation, “Archimedes’ Principle: What Else Will Float Your Boat?”
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