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CCAPP Alumna featured in APS news
Daniella Roberts, a CCAPP Alumna, was featured in APS news article "Persistence pays off for APS Bridge Program graduate, now aviation data scientist" retelling "Her road from loathing physics to…
Laura Lopez awarded ASC Mid-Career Faculty Excellence Award
Prof. Laura Lopez has been awarded a 2025 College of Arts & Sciences Mid-Career Faculty Excellence Award. These awards recognize outstanding performance in all three areas of research,…
Adam Leroy awarded Henry Draper Medal
"Adam Leroy has helped lead a new era of interstellar medium science"Congratulations to Adam Leroy who has been awarded the 2025 Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences for his…
Lopez and Weinberg selected as 2025 AAS Fellows
Department of Astronomy faculty members Laura Lopez (Associate Professor) and David Weinberg (Distinguished University Professor) have been named as 2025 Fellows of the American Astronomical…
CCAPP Alumnus Wins 2024 ICTP Prize
Ranjan Laha, an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is one of two winners of the 2024 ICTP Prize from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste,…
Novel supernova observations grant astronomers a peek into the cosmic past
An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed.
This rare…
Charlie Mace and Erik Zaborowski win Presidential Fellowship
The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School to recognize the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the…
Professor Hughes's $729K NSF Grant Receives Funding
Professor Kaeli Hughes's $729K NSF Grant, WoU-MMA: Cosmic Ray and Background Identification with RNO-G, has just received funding!
Abstract from the NSF:
"Neutrinos are unique messenger…
A cosmic tool for studying twisters and other severe storms
Physicists say particle-finding technique has value on EarthCosmic rays could offer scientists another way to track and study violent tornadoes and other severe weather phenomena, a new study…