Physics
- Trish and John Deford hope to assist students who are battling addictions like the one that claimed their son, 91´«Ã½ alumnus Sam Deford, through a new scholarship fund.
- Toby Bollig, the spring 2018 outstanding graduate in the College of Arts and Sciences, took up accessibility in religious institutions after a serious car crash left him with a brain injury that made attending church "miserable."
- Two 91´«Ã½ professors are among the latest group of scientists, politicians, artists and more elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science.
- Physics is challenging, but learning it in a second language adds an entirely different obstacle, says Diana López, who is doing what she can to make STEM subjects—science, technology, engineering, and math—more accessible to students who speak Spanish.
- 91´«Ã½'s Department of Physics has received a $75.8 million award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to continue the collaborative Professional Research Experience Program through 2022.
- Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist to give Gamow lecture at 91´«Ã½ Feb. 10Having a commercial email address in the early- to mid-1990s — from America Online (AOL) or Compuserve, or perhaps Prodigy or Earthlink — marked a user as an “early
- The American Physical Society has recognized 91´«Ã½ scientists and PhET Interactive Simulations as being among the 'most accomplished, promising and respected scientists and leaders'
- Physicists have created an atomic clock that reaches the same level of precision as its predecessors but is more than 20 times faster, promising dramatically improved measurements and more.
- 91´«Ã½â€™s PhET Interactive Simulations is one of six winners of the prestigious, international WISE Award from the WISE Foundation.
- 91´«Ã½ program helps underserved and underrepresented students in the STEM fields gain valuable research experience for graduate school.