Humans of the U: Gail Zasowski June 10, 2025 Above: Gail Zasowski I was raised in a fairly rural area where being a scientist wasn’t really seen as a career option, but when I started college, I took Astronomy 101 for fun I really fell in love with it, and I realized that becoming an […]
Read MoreDr. Anthony Pantziris has been with Department of Physics and Astronomy for 30 years. After earning his Bachelor of Arts in Athens, Greece, in 1981, Dr. Pantziris continued his education at Brown University and earned his PhD in Theoretical High Energy Physics with his thesis titled Axions and Majorons in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology. […]
Read More2025 Convocation Student Speaker: Marcus Tanner May 2, 2025 Above: Marcus Tanner at Convocation. All photos by Todd Anderson. On May 2 Marcus Tanner, an undergraduate in Physics & Astronomy and Geology & Geophysics, spoke at the College of Science’s 2025 convocation ceremony staged at the Huntsman Center. His complete remarks are below. Friends, […]
Read MoreThis article originally appeared in @TheU. The fate of the universe hinges on the balance between matter and dark energy: the fundamental ingredient that drives its accelerating expansion. New results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration use the largest 3D map of our universe ever made to track dark energy’s influence over the past 11 […]
Read MoreThis article originally appeared on kcpw. Please visit their site to listen to George’s full discussion on Cool Science Radio. We are all familiar with Park City’s mining history, we enjoy the slopes thanks to our skiing history and role in the industry. And, thanks to the Olympics returning in 2034, we get to be part of […]
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Provost Mitzi Montoya announced today that Associate Dean Pearl Sandick has accepted an appointment as interim dean of the College of Science. Sandick will begin working in this new role on March 15, 2025, and will continue to serve until a new dean is appointed. Montoya will work with the college before […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah will be hosting this year’s No Stone Unturned conference – The Search for New Physics: Leaving No Stone Unturned – from March 10th through March 14th.. This is the second in a series of workshops that gather leading experts from around the world to discuss recent developments and new directions related to the search […]
Read MoreThis article originally appeared in @TheU. At the start of the year, the European Commission established the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), furthering its mission to become the world’s largest and most powerful observatory for gamma-ray astronomy. The creation of the CTAO-ERIC will enable the observatory’s construction to […]
Read MoreThis article was originally posted by the University of Utah’s College of Engineering. For centuries, lenses have worked the same way: curved glass or plastic bending light to bring images into focus. But traditional lenses have a major drawback—the more powerful they need to be, the bulkier and heavier they become. Scientists have long searched […]
Read MoreThis article was originally posted by the University of Utah’s College of Science. University of Utah astronomer Tanmoy Laskar and his team have been awarded $60,000 in direct costs to support research through the first year of the Scialog: Early Science with LSST. The three-year initiative aims to advance the foundational science needed to realize […]
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