1st study of LGBT+ physicists reveals red flags LGBT+ physicists often face harassment and other behaviors that make them leave the profession, according to a new study, which comes as physics as a discipline has attempted to grapple with equity and inclusion issues. The authors found that the two biggest factors that influence a person’s […]
Read MoreThe research of Assistant Professor Vikram Deshpande and his team is featured below and in the March 2022 issue of Physics Today, page 9. From Physics Today By Phil Dooley Long carbon nanotubes reveal subtleties of quantum mechanics Vikram Deshpande had a hunch that carbon nanotubes held a lot of promise as a building […]
Read MoreEarly Career Teaching Award Gail Zasowski, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, has been awarded an Early Career Teaching Award from the University of Utah. This is considered the highest teaching award for pre-tenured faculty and recognizes significant contributions to teaching at the university through new and innovative methods. The University Teaching Committee […]
Read MoreEthan Lame is a junior majoring in physics, with an emphasis in astronomy and astrophysics. As a sophomore, he participated in the Science Research Initiative (SRI) program, sponsored by the College of Science. The SRI puts students in a lab to do research as soon as they arrive on campus. After Ethan was admitted to […]
Read MoreAstronomers discovered a black hole unlike any other. At one hundred thousand solar masses, it is smaller than the black holes we have found at the centers of galaxies, but bigger than the black holes that are born when stars explode. This makes it one of the only confirmed intermediate-mass black holes, an object that […]
Read MoreTabitha Buehler, Associate Lecture Professor of Physics and Astronomy, has been recognized for her significant contributions to teaching by receiving a Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Utah. Only five faculty members are honored each year with the award. Faculty who are selected must meet several criteria, including a consistent record of outstanding teaching […]
Read MoreThe U’s Student-Led Physical Sciences Organization is recognized by being named a Distinguished SPS Chapter The University of Utah chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) has been named a Distinguished Chapter by the SPS National Office. This is the fifth year in a row the chapter has been recognized for its excellence as […]
Read MoreTen graduate students in Physics and Astronomy spent the summer conducting research with the support of the Swigart Fellowship program. The purpose of the program is to encourage students to explore research opportunities in the summer after their first year in the Department of Physics and Astronomy Ph.D. program. This year, Swigart Fellowship recipients created […]
Read MoreThe Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has given its 2021 Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD) Award to Joel Brownstein, research associate professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department.
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