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Alumni in the News
Kristl Adams (PhD 2006) has recently accepted a full-time Physicist position at Lawrence Livermore
05/11/20092009 Distinguished Science Alumni Award
05/04/2009- Celeste Bottorff (BS 1975) received the 2008 Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Award. 11/13/2008
- Mario Paniccia (MS 1990, PhD 1994) received the 2008 Scientist of the Year Award from R&D Magazine. 11/13/2008
News from the Department
- CLEO particle physics experiment breaks publication world record 09/22/2009
- Roger Boyce of physics outreach retires after 17 years on the road 09/03/2009
- Three faculty win NSF CAREER awards in 2009 09/01/2009
- Sponsored program awards in the College of Science up 18 percent 07/17/2009
- Prof. Bortoletto named Distinguished Professor of Physics 07/10/2009
- Professor Overhauser receives 2009 Russell Varian Prize 06/23/2009
- Professor Kim to speak on Bose-Einstein Condensation Nuclear Fusion 05/27/2009
Graduate student Steven Kane (major Professor David Koltick) received an award from the Midwest Crossroads Alliance for Graduate Education and Professoriate (AGEP)
05/13/2009Professor Ian Shipsey appointed to joint DoE/NSF panel
04/17/2009- Physics to host Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Laughlin on Tuesday, March 31st 03/30/2009
Professor Kruczenski selected as Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
03/20/2009- Graduate student Yu Zheng (major Professor Ian Shipsey) received the Research Poster Award at the 1st US Large Hadron Collider Users Meeting held on October 24 at Fermi Lab 11/17/2008
- Professor Daniela Bortoletto appointed to the Advisory Committee for the NSF Directorate of Math & Physical Sciences (MPSAC). 07/24/2008
- Prof. Fuqiang Wang has been appointed a University Faculty Scholar 02/26/2008
- The Department of Physics Welcomes President Córdova as its Newest Faculty Member
· "France Córdova becomes Purdue University's president." (Nature)
· President Córdova's home page 07/16/2007
Physics News
Particle physicists pick up Nobel Prize
10/07/2008Satellite captures HD video of earthrise over the moon (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
11/03/2007- 2007 Nobel Prize in physics awarded to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg "for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance"
(nobelprize.org) 10/09/2007 - 2006 Nobel Prize in physics awarded to John C. Mather and George F. Smoot (nobelprize.org) 10/03/2006
Purdue Physics in the News
- Prof. Shipsey Appointed Co-Leader of the LHC Physics Center at Fermilab 11/18/2009
- Prof. Rokhinson describes his spintronics research at the Royal Society in London (physicsworld.com) 10/28/2009
- Professor overcomes leukemia, deafness (Purdue Exponent) 09/17/2009
- Graduate Students Sannah Ziama and Abraham Olson Awarded NSF Fellowships 09/02/2009
Alexander Nicolaas Gerritsen, Emeritus Professor of Physics, 1913-2009
05/20/2009Physics sophomore stars in Civic Theater of Greater Lafayette production
05/13/2009Most violent black hole jets are gamma-ray beacons - Cosmos Magazine
04/23/2009- Purdue researchers find correlations between nuclear decay rates and earth-sun distance 10/02/2008
Professors Ian Shipsey and Virgil Barnes interviewed about the LHC (WTHR.com)
09/10/2008Physics team finds indication of conical emission of subatomic particles
07/03/2008- Prof. Matthew Lister - Very Long Baseline Array Movies Reveal New Details of Cosmic Jets 01/08/2008
- Prof. Carlson brings Wiki to the classroom 08/20/2007
- Prof. Matthew Lister - 2012: Repeat of 1859 Solar ‘Super Storm’ Catastrophe? 06/07/2007
- Test of Newton's second law of motion cited as one of the ten top physics stories for 2007 05/11/2007
- Prof. Jorge Rodriguez Interviewed by Science Magazine 03/17/2006
Purdue Press Releases
Twinkling nanostars cast new light into biomedical imaging
07/21/2009Purdue receives grant to help students learn about climate change
11/07/2008Stars aligned for Purdue physicist and international research group
07/09/2008Purdue alumna establishes new graduate fellowship for Department of Physics
05/09/2008- Purdue scientists, students help create a key piece of one of the world's most powerful cameras 02/13/2008
- Cell phone sensors detect radiation to thwart nuclear terrorism 01/22/2008
- Purdue part of project to create telescope of astronomical proportions 01/08/2008
- Purdue helps teacher add science to students' iPod playlists 08/29/2007
- Universities prepare as physicists plan to pop protons 05/17/2007
- Prof. Ian Shipsey - Julian Schwinger Distinguished Professor of Physics 05/13/2007
- Holographic images use shimmer to show cellular response to anticancer drug 03/06/2007
- Purdue Physics teams up with California university to raise the bar in grid computing 11/13/2006
- Physics on the Road takes energy into Indiana classrooms 02/19/2006
- Doctoral student, Laura Biedermann, receives 2005 Purdue Excellence in Science and Engineering Fellowship from Sandia National Laboratories 10/14/2005
- Prof. Jorge H. Rodríguez — Biochemistry's future - with quantum physics 09/15/2005
The School of Science is now the College of Science
11/19/2004
The shape of Science is changing—and so is our name! With the approval of the Board of Trustees, we are now the College of Science at Purdue University!
Why change our name? Science is center-stage in Purdue’s quest for preeminence—in the seven Science departments, you will find world-leading discovery, learning, and engagement with celebrated faculty, students, and programs. A name change to the College of Science more accurately reflects our strength and standing among our peers. Stay tuned—we have set our sights high and there’s much more to come!