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Gravitational Waves Researchers Explain their Latest Discovery
Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, and Alex Nitz G’15, who earned a Ph.D. in physics, were both interviewed by the Detroit Free Press for the article Former U.P. resident helps detect colliding black holes in…
The Research of Susan Parks Featured in PNAS Editorial
Susan Parks, associate professor of biology, was quoted in a PNAS editorial Listening In On the Deep Sea.
Physics Professors Interviewed about the Search for Gravitational Waves
Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of physics, and Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, were both quoted by WSYR for the news report SU Grad Key in Major Astronomy Breakthrough.
Professor Duncan Brown Explains the Newest Gravitational Waves Discovery
Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of physics, was also interviewed for Quanta magazine for the article The Latest Black Hole Collision Comes with a Twist.
Physics Student Named Kavli Graduate Fellow
A student in the College of Arts and Sciences is the winner of a graduate fellowship to the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Suraj Shankar, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physics,…
iSchool Associate Professor Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas Writes About the New Role of the IT Professional
Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas, associate professor, wrote an article for Information Management entitled Big Data and the Changing Role of the IT Professional
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Alumnus Instrumental in LIGO’s Third Detection of Gravitational Waves
Alex Nitz G’15, who earned a Ph.D. in physics, helped detect the signal on Jan. 4, 2017, using a software package he began developing at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.
Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability Program Awards Nearly $75,000 to Projects
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) funding program has completed its second round of applications and awarded nearly $75,000 in funding to faculty and students. The call for proposals sought projects that address climate disruption and offer…
Students Selected for Summer Research and Mentorship Opportunity
Twenty ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students from across the disciplines have each won a $2,000 stipend to conduct research and other creative projects this summer under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The competitive research opportunity was made possible through a partnership…
Students Present on Variety of Topics at ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference
Six students with a variety of research projects—such as community attachment resilience in a deindustrialized city, the effects of using different basketballs in NCAA play and 3D flow visualization in virtual reality—represented ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ at this year’s ACC Meeting of…