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Ask Brian Andersson, assistant education specialist, in charge of the School of Physics and Astronomy lecture demonstration area, what his favorite demo is and he’ll tell you: “anything that explodes.” Which could describe a significant number of the over 1,000 demonstrations that Andersson has in his repertoire. |
NewsShklovskii awarded 2019 Buckley Prize
Professor Boris Shklovskii of the School of Physics and Astronomy and William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute was jointly awarded the Oliver E. Buckley Prize in Condensed Matter Physics. The prize recognizes his "pioneering research in the physics Skillman elected as APS Fellow
Professor Evan Skillman was elected a 2018 Fellow of the American Physical Society. He was cited for his contributions to "observational constraints on the primordial helium abundance and significant contributions to understanding the chemical evolution of galaxies." More » Chubukov Awarded Bardeen Prize
FTPI Professor Andrey Chubukov was a winner of the 2018 John Bardeen Prize for his "seminal contributions to the theory of unconventional superconductivity, including applications to the iron-based superconductors." The prize was given at the International Conference on the Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity. More » Solar probe to provide closest-ever observations of a star
The Parker Solar Probe launched on August 12, 2018 will travel closer to the surface of the Sun than any previous spacecraft. Space physicist from the School contributed to the design and build of instruments on the probe. More » Bagley wins STAR Prize
Graduate Student Micaela Bagley received the Euclid Special Talent And Recognition (STAR) Prize. The award is a recognition of a valuable contribution to the Euclid mission. Bagley's advisor is Associate Professor Claudia Scarlata. More » |
CalendarFriday, November 16th
2:30 pm: MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium
in Tate 301-20 Connecting the first stars in the universe to the Milky Way — Brian O'Shea, Michigan State University 3:35 pm: History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium
in 275 Nicholson El Principio Sacarino: Organic Chemistry Meets Racial Capitalism in the Cuban Sugar-Mill — Daniel Rood, Department of History, University of Georgia Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m. Monday, November 19th
12:15 pm: Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar
in 301 Tate Ultra-steep-spectrum Sources in Galaxy Clusters — Soumyajit Mandal, Case Western Reserve University Tuesday, November 20th
11:15 am: Nuclear Physics Seminar
in Physics 301-20 Tate Hydrodynamic Fluctuations and Lower Bounds of the Transport Coefficients — Mauricio Martinez Guerrero, North Caroline State University 1:25 pm: Space Physics Seminar
in Tate 301-20 Followup to Global-scale coherence modulation of radiation-belt electron loss from plasmaspheric hiss. — Aaron Breneman, University of Minnesota 3:00 pm: Special Condensed Matter Seminar
in Tate 301-20 Electrical transport near an Ising-nematic quantum critical point — Xiaoyu Wang, University of Chicago Thursday, November 22nd
12:05 pm: MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club
in Tate 301-20 No journal club, Thanksgiving Holiday Friday, November 23rd
4:40 pm: Introduction to Research Seminar
in Tate 110 Thanksgiving - there will not be a speaker this week. 
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