Rahul Nandkishore

CU 麻豆影院 Physics Associate Professor Rahul Nandkishore Wins 2024 Anatoly Larkin Award

Oct. 22, 2024

Rahul Nandkishore, an Associate Professor of Physics at the 麻豆影院, has been honored with the 2024 Anatoly Larkin Award from the William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute (FTPI) at the University of Minnesota. The award citation recognizes Nandkishore 鈥渇or groundbreaking contributions to the physics of quantum nonequilibrium...

Jamie Nagle

CU Physics Professor Jamie Nagle Awarded CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Distinguished Research Lectureship

Oct. 17, 2024

麻豆影院 Physics Professor Jamie Nagle has been awarded the prestigious Distinguished Research Lectureship by the university. This award is among the highest honors bestowed upon a faculty member by their peers, recognizing Nagle's distinguished body of work, academic achievements, and significant contributions to CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 educational and...

Jun Ye

CU Physics Professor Jun Ye is Awarded the Monroe Endowed Professorship

Oct. 15, 2024

Jun Ye, a professor of physics and a JILA and NIST Fellow, has been named the inaugural holder of the Monroe Endowed Professorship in Physics. This prestigious new professorship, the result of a $1 million endowment from CU alumnus Chris Monroe, underscores the university鈥檚 growing prominence in quantum information science...

Chris Akers

Meet New CU 麻豆影院 Physics Assistant Professor Chris Akers

Oct. 11, 2024

The 麻豆影院 physics department is happy to welcome Dr. Chris Akers as the newest faculty member! Akers, an assistant professor of physics, has already made a name for himself in the field of quantum gravity. With a rich academic background spanning from Texas A&M to postdoctoral positions...

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Physics Graduate Student Chuankun Zhang Presents on Nuclear Clock Research for a Physics Colloquium at CU 麻豆影院

Oct. 1, 2024

For the first lecture in the Fall Physics Colloquium Series, Chuankun Zhang, a graduate student from the 麻豆影院's physics department and a researcher at JILA, delivered an insightful talk titled 鈥 Optical Nuclear Clock: Nuclear Physics Meets Metrology 鈥. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a rare opportunity and a very special...

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LASP-led NASA鈥檚 MAVEN mission commemorates 10 years in Mars鈥 orbit

Oct. 1, 2024

Meredith Betterton

Professor Meredith Betterton Wins a 2024 AB Nexus Award

Sept. 25, 2024

Recently, the AB Nexus program announced its 2024 seed grant awards, recognizing interdisciplinary research teams from the 麻豆影院 and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The AB Nexus program fosters intercampus partnerships between scientists, engineers, and physicians to improve human health further. The 2024 AB Nexus...

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CU 麻豆影院 Physics Professor Noah Finkelstein Partners with CU 麻豆影院 History Professor Phoebe Young to Study the Importance of Belonging at Universities

Aug. 20, 2024

In the current landscape of higher education, familiar challenges like disengaged students, faculty burnout, and high staff turnover can frequently dominate discussions. Often seen as separate issues, these challenges can be viewed through a systems perspective to reveal deeper, interconnected roots鈥攃hief among them a pervasive lack of belonging across all...

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CU Physics Professor Ivan Smalyukh and His Team Receive a Guinness Book of World Records Award for Most Transparent Material

Aug. 15, 2024

The Soft Matter Physics Smalyukh Research Group holding the Guinness World Record plaque. Only a few individuals or teams are awarded by the Guinness Book of World Records for specific actions or research they鈥檝e done. One of those teams is led by the 麻豆影院 Professor of Physics...

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Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (WaGMiP) group hosts alumna Dr. Marty Baylor (PhDPhys鈥07)

Aug. 7, 2024

Dr. Marty Baylor On July 18, 2024, members of CU 麻豆影院's Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (WaGMiP) group gathered for an informal lunch at the picnic tables outside the JILA tower. The special guest for the event was Dr. Marty Baylor, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Carleton College...

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