G2U Mentoring Program at UNC Physics and Astronomy Secures Prestigious DEI Grant
The Graduate-to-Undergraduate (G2U) Mentoring program at the University of North Carolina’s Department of Physics & Astronomy (P&A) has recently been awarded a $6,998 grant for unit...
View ArticleJames Dobbins receives Lifetime Achievement Award
James T. Dobbins III, PhD, FAAPM, FSPIE, BSPHYS ’78 (UNC-CH), received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023 from the Society of Directors of Academic Medical Physics Programs, Inc (SDAMPP). Dobbins,...
View ArticleUNC-CH PHYSICS STUDENTS EARN NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW
December 19, 2023, Chapel Hill, North Carolina – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) has once again secured the coveted Outstanding...
View ArticleRodriguez awarded Warner prize from American Astronomical Society
Carl Rodriguez, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, has been awarded the 2024 Helen B. Warner Prize from the American Astronomical Society. AAS recently announced its 2024 prizes for...
View ArticleAdvanced Imaging Technology Promises Greater Diagnostic Accuracy, Less Radiation
A technological advance in medical and dental imaging promises to improve diagnostic accuracy while minimizing patient exposure to radiation, according to a research article in the Nature journal...
View ArticleMAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR final result published in Physical Review Letters was...
The “Final Result of the Majorana Demonstrator’s Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay in 76Ge,” caught the eye of the scientific community becoming the most downloaded Nuclear Physics related paper...
View ArticleGraduate student Joseph Moscoso and Professor Amy Nicholson have recently...
The paper “Two-Pole Nature of the Λ(1405) Resonance from Lattice QCD” published by the Baryon Scattering (BaSc) collaboration was recently accepted as editors’ suggestion in the Physical Review...
View ArticleNSF announced Graduate Research Fellowship Program winner Andy Boyle
NSF just announced their Graduate Research Fellowship Program award winners and we are pleased to announce Andy Boyle received a fellowship award. This five-year fellowship includes three years of...
View ArticleCongratulations to Zack Hall!
Zack is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, to carry out research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The...
View ArticleStudents Advocate at American Physical Society Congressional Visits Day
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill students, David Stilwell and Sophie Kressy participated in the American Physical Society Congressional Visits Day to advocate for legislation that would...
View ArticleSurveying the landscape of diagnostic imaging in dentistry’s future
A new review article by Tyndall et al is featured on the cover of the Journal of American Dental Association. The article describes “Four emerging technologies with promise”, 2 out of those 4 come from...
View ArticleDan Reichart receives Emmons Award!
Congratulations to Dan Reichart on receiving the Emmons Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, for “demonstrating outstanding achievement in the teaching of college-level introductory...
View ArticleJames Dobbins receives Lifetime Achievement Award
James T. Dobbins III, PhD, FAAPM, FSPIE, BSPHYS ’78 (UNC-CH), received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023 from the Society of Directors of Academic Medical Physics Programs, Inc (SDAMPP). Dobbins,...
View ArticleLaurie McNeil awarded AAPT’s 2025 J.D. Jackson Excellence Award in Graduate...
Our very own Laurie McNeil has been named as the 2025 John David Jackson Excellence in Graduate Physics Education awardee! From AAPT’s website announcement: The American Association of Physics Teachers...
View ArticleCarl Rodriguez was awarded the Hettleman Prize
Congratulations to Carl Rodriguez who received the annual Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement. The prestigious, university wide award was established in 1986 to...
View ArticleWei Zhang joins forces in uplifting quantum sciences research and education...
Prof. Wei Zhang joins forces in uplifting quantum sciences research and education across NC Triangle and Triad (NCAT). A recent NSF grant under the NSF QISE interdisciplinary program may help build...
View ArticleA new study quantifies how dark is the Universe
A new study, co-authored by Prof. Mike Shull, quantifies the true darkness of the cosmic sky. It was recently published in the Astrophysical Journal (Vol 972, 95) and was featured on a NASA press...
View ArticleOtto Zhou and Jianping Lu win Carolina Creativity Hubs Award
Profs Otto Zhou and Jianping Lu, along with Prof. Yueh Lee, Radiology and Adjunct Prof of Physics and colleagues from computer sciences and data sciences and school of medicine, won one of the five...
View ArticleProf. Barlow Receives NC Space Grant Funding to Search for Spider Binaries
Congratulations to Prof. Brad Barlow who was recently awarded a 2024-2025 Faculty Research Grant from the NC Space Grant! This funding will support Barlow and several undergraduate students as they use...
View ArticleAstronomy minor Karsen Kitchen goes to space, literally
On August 26, astronomy minor Karsen Kitchen who is senior majoring in communication studies made history by being the youngest woman to cross the Kármán line (an altitude of 100 km above mean sea...
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