Twenty-seven prospective graduate students visited the UA Physics Department this March 29th and 30th. Over these two days, they met faculty and current physics grad students, found out about research opportunities, and joined us for lab tours, including a tour of the University of Arizona’s world renowned Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. The evening of March 29, the UA Physics Graduate Program hosted a reception and buffet dinner for the visitors at the ENR2 building rooftop patio.
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Prof. Rozo was recently named one of 24 Cottrell Scholars by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA). These awards are given to “outstanding teacher-scholars who are recognized by their scientific communities for the quality and innovation of their research programs and their academic leadership skills.” With his proposal, “Shining a Light on the Dark Energy”, Dr.
This annual event features physics department members presenting various experiments testing the laws of physics to the community, all ages welcome. Witness the dancing flames, speaker balloons, the bed of nails, the flying bear, and much more! This event will take place on Friday, November 17th, 2016 at the Physics and Atmospheric Science building (1118 E. Fourth St. Tucson, AZ 85721), Room 201, from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm.
Following the first-ever detection of a neutron star collision by scientists at LIGO, Assistant Professor Sam Gralla explains how neutron star explosions create and eject precious metals which end up as part of planets like Earth. Watch the clip from KGUN Tucson Channel 9 News, October 16, 2017: http://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/star-explosion-finds-gold-confirms-....
The Spring 2017 Department of Physics, Graduation and Award Ceremony was held on Friday, May 12. Please join us in congratulating this year's physics outstanding faculty, staff, and student award winners.
Our faculty award winners are:
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Upcoming Events
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Speaker:Andres Sandoval, National Autonomous University of MexicoFriday, Apr 27 - 3:00pmLocation:PAS 220
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Wednesday, May 2 - 5:00pmLocation:PAS 218
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