Honors

January 19, 2012
The American Astronomical Society Committee on the Status of Women has announced that the 2012 George van Biesbroeck Prize will be awarded to Meg Urry for her tireless...
January 3, 2012
Helen Caines (Associate Professor of Physics) has been named the American Physical Society Woman Physicist of the Month for January 2012. From the APS website:  The Committee...
December 12, 2011
Aaron Mertz (Graduate Student) has been selected to receive the 2012 D. Allan Bromley Graduate Fellowship in Physics (described below). Aaron’s Ph.D. research is at the...
November 4, 2011
Benjamin Elder (Graduate Student) has won a Gruber Science Fellowship. The Gruber Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of science, support of young scientists, global...
May 31, 2011
Alice Ohlson (Graduate Student) working with Helen Caines (Associate Professor of Physics) has just won the Nuclear Physics A. Young Scientist Best Presentation award at...
May 6, 2011
Sarah Demers (Assistant Professor) was chosen as a recipient of the Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Award for her proposal titled, “Taus and the...
February 14, 2011
Peter D. Parker (Professor of Physics & Astronomy) has been is among the 144 Outstanding Referees of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters Journals as...