Honors

February 25, 2013
Physics Department chair Meg Urry (Israel Munson Professor Physics & Astronomy) elected head of American Astronomical Society. 
February 25, 2013
Tobias Golling, Assistant Professor of Physics, has been named a 2013 Cottrell Scholar.  Cottrell award recipients are chosen both for their originality, feasibility, and the...
February 15, 2013
Rachel Kurchin (PC’2013 B.S. Physics (Int.) Major) has been named a Gates Scholar to study at the University of Cambridge. She will pursue an M.Phil. Degree in Materials...
February 1, 2013
R. Shankar (JR Huffman Professor of Physics) was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award for the year 2013 from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras....
January 4, 2013
John Murray (Graduate Student) has been named one of Forbes 30 under 30 for Science & Healthcare. The young disruptors, innovators and entrepreneurs on our annual listing...
December 17, 2012
Liang Yu (Astronomy & Physics major working with Daisuke Nagai) has been selected as a junior fellow in the Science, Technology and Research Scholars (STARS) program.  ...
December 3, 2012
Liang Yu (Astronomy & Physics major working with Daisuke Nagai) has won a Yale Chapter Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award. Awardee will receive the $500 award in...