2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Prof. Michael Widom is one of four Carnegie Mellon University faculty members who have been awarded the distinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. MORE
Prof. Michael Widom elected AAAS Fellow
Monday, December 8, 2008
A recent paper entitled "Quantum-entanglement aspects of polaron systems", by Vladimir Stojanovic and Mihajlo Vanevic, in Physical Review B 78, 214301 (2008), has been selected as an Editors' Suggestion. MORE
Recent CMU PhD Graduate Vladimir Stojanovic's Paper Selected as Editors' Suggestion
Monday, December 1, 2008
A few years ago, his firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP took on a pro bono case representing clients with disabilities in a suit seeking to make freeway call boxes accessible. MORE
Siegal's Law: Physics Alum Charles Siegal Helps Disabled
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Physics alumnus Dr. Nicholas J. Colella returned to give a talk to the Physics Department's Upper Division Colloquium. MORE
Physics Alumnus Dr. Nicholas Colella gives Undergrad Colloquium
Monday, November 17, 2008
Gregg B. Franklin, professor of physics at Carnegie Mellon University's Mellon College of Science (MCS), has been named head of Carnegie Mellon's Department of Physics, effective Nov. 1. MORE
Prof. Gregg Franklin Named Head of Carnegie Mellon's Physics Department
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Neill is one of six postdoctoral fellows and graduate students who received 2008 LHC Theory Initiative Awards. MORE
Graduate Student Duff Neill Receives 2008 LHC Theory Initiative Award
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility successfully completed a major review on July 24 as it seeks approval to start construction on a planned $310 million project that will double the energy of the electron beam used in nuclear physics experiments. MORE
JLab 12-GeV upgrade clear CD-3
Thursday, September 11, 2008
The first beam in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN Laboratory in Geneva was successfully steered around the full 27 kilometers of the world's most powerful particle accelerator. MORE
First Beam Sent Around Large Hadron Collider
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
The mirror blank for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) has been successfully cast at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab. MORE
Giant Furnace Opens to Reveal 'Perfect' LSST Mirror Blank
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Graduate Student Mike Williams wins 2008 CEBAF Thesis Prize. MORE
Graduate Student Mike Williams wins 2008 CEBAF Thesis Prize.
Friday, May 30, 2008
CMU Physics Alumnus Dr. Paul A. Medwick (B.S. Physics 1988) has been awarded a Carnegie Science Award. MORE
Physics Alumnus Paul Medwick (S'88) wins Carnegie Science Award
Monday, May 26, 2008
The 111th commencement at Carnegie Mellon University took place May 17-18, 2008. MORE
Degrees and awards presented at Commencement 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Carnegie Mellon University has announced it has received a major gift from Bruce and Astrid McWilliams to establish the Bruce and Astrid McWilliams Center for Cosmology in its Mellon College of Science. MORE
Bruce and Astrid McWilliams Center for Cosmology Established.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Joel Primack gives the Buhl lecture on "A Brief History of Dark Matter"
Prof. Joel Primack to give "A Brief History of Dark Matter" at Carnegie Mellon's Buhl lecture, April 22.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Prof. Deserno develops computer model to study cell membrane dynamics
Carnegie Mellon Biophysicist Prof. Deserno has developed a computer model to study cell membrane dynamics.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Carnegie Mellon University has appointed Fred Gilman dean of its Mellon College of Science (MCS), effective April 1. MORE
Prof. Fred Gilman appointed Dean of Mellon College of Science
Monday, March 17, 2008
Prof. Sara Majetich has been elected a Fellow of the American Physics Society. MORE
Prof. Sara Majetich is elected Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Prof. Curtis Meyer wins the Ryan Teaching Award
Prof. Curtis Meyer has won the William H. and Frances S. Ryan Award
for Meritorious Teaching.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Graduate student Kevin Bandura is a 2008 recipient of the Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship in the Mellon College of Science. MORE
Kevin Bandura receives Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship
Monday, February 11, 2008
Carnegie Science Center recognizes Prof. Di Matteo with Emerging Female Scientist Award
Astrophysicist Prof. Tiziana Di Matteo Wins Emerging Female Scientist Award at Carnegie Science Awards for Excellence.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Carnegie Mellon joins Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project
The Carnegie Mellon Department of Physics has joined the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Project.