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Several physics faculty awarded prestigious Department of Defense MURI projects

April 22, 2024

Physics faculty members Mahmoud Hussein, Scott Diddams, and Thomas Schibli, are leading or collaborating on 2024 U.S. Department of Defense projects awarded through the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program.

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Physics major Luke Coffman earns prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

April 22, 2024

Luke Coffman, third-year physics major, is among three ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ students ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ students to be awarded a Goldwater Scholarship, which rewards sophomores and juniors who are actively conducting research in math, science and engineering.

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Two physics majors named 2024 Jacob Van Ek Scholars

April 18, 2024

The College of Arts and Sciences recently named 23 students as 2024 Jacob Van Ek Scholars, including undergraduate physics majors Aaron Barrios and Alexandra Plocki. The award is one of the college's highest honors, recognizing students for their academic achievement and depth of service.

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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Celebrates World Quantum Day

April 11, 2024

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Dr. Zach Ulibarri (PhDPhys’22) Wins 2024 Heising-Simons 51 Pegasi b Fellowship

April 5, 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Zach Ulibarri, who was named a 2024 51 Pegasi b Fellow by the Heising-Simons Foundation. The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship provides postdoctoral scientists with the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy. Dr. Ulibarri earned his PhD in physics from ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ in...

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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Physics and JILA to host 2025 Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics

April 4, 2024

Building on efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in physics, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Department of Physics and JILA will host a Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (CU*iP) in January 2025. The conference will bring approximately 150 students from the Midwest region to Boulder.

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Front Range team including physics faculty Xu Wang and Mihaly Horanyi win NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge

April 3, 2024

A team of researchers from ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ and the Colorado School of Mines was named a winner in the 2023 NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge. The Front Range team includes ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ physics faculty Xu Wang and Mihaly Horanyi, who are co-founders of a start-up company, Space Dust Research & Technologies (SDRT).

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Physics team awarded $38k from Dean’s Innovation Fund to improve undergraduate research access

March 27, 2024

A group of seven physics students, staff, and faculty were recently awarded funding from the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Innovation Fund for their proposal to improve undergraduate research for underrepresented and minority groups in STEM disciplines. The grant will support two key initiatives including an undergraduate research expo...

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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ physics faculty and JILA fellows awarded Heising-Simons Foundation Grant

March 22, 2024

The Heising-Simons Foundation recently announced $3 million in multi-institution grants for theoretical and experimental research on Informing Gravity Theory. Half of the award has been granted to a group of five faculty centered at the University of Colorado Boulder and JILA, a joint institute between ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Scott Diddams

Diddams named an IEEE Fellow for optical frequency combs contributions

March 21, 2024

Professor Scott Diddams has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow for his contributions in optical frequency combs and their applications. Diddams is the Robert H. Davis Endowed Chair in Discovery and Learning and Professor in Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering and Physics.

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