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Weekly Seminar

The weekly Physics seminar will resume on September 1st with the Faculty Poster Session.  Incoming and returning students should plan to attend to discover what research opportunities are available in the Physics Department.  The upcoming semester's seminar schedule can be found here.   2010 Fall Seminar Schedule.

 

  

Megan Marshall Receives Two Awards

Physics/Mathematics major Megan Marshall was named 2010-11 Astronaut Scholar from Miami University.  The  $10,000 scholarship will be awarded in a presentation scheduled for November 22.  e-Report article

 

Megan was also one of eleven Miami University students who were recipients of the 2010 Provost's Student Academic Achievement Award. The $1,000 award is given annually to students who have completed their junior year, have an outstanding record of academic achievement and have made significant intellectual contributions to the university. e-Report article

 

 

Student research using lasers featured

Past SPS chapter-president Peter Harnish along with faculty mentor Prof. Bali are featured in the Spring 2010 issue of The SPS Observer (on page 10), in an article called "Using Lasers to Probe Nearly Everything."   The same issue also has a photo on page 18 of graduate student Emmy Mills dining with Vera Rubin, an American astronomer known for the galaxy rotation problem. 

 

The SPS Observer is the magazine of the Society of Physics Students, an organization for all students interested in physics.  Contact Megan Marshall (2010-11 president) or Prof. Urayama (faculty advisor) for information on joining SPS. 

  


The George and Carolyn Arfken Scholar-In-Residence

 

Author of a world-famous textbook, George B. Arfken was a Professor of Physics from 1952 to 1983...

 

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The George Benson Memorial Lecture Series

  

 The George C. Benson Memorial Lectures are in honor of a man whose memory lives with...

 

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