PROF. DAN REICHART RECEIVES EMMONS AWARD!
Congratulations to Prof. Dan Reichart on receiving the Emmons Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, for “demonstrating outstanding achievement in the teaching of college-level...
View ArticleGrad-to-Undergrad Program Undergraduates students have a blast at the...
Three undergraduate student mentees of the Grad-to-Undergrad (G2U) Mentorship Program – Maria “Flor” Nardone, Vysnavi “Vyshu” Sabbi, and Gerald “Mezzie” Akwuole – attended the Conference for...
View ArticleYosuke Kanai Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
Congratulations to Professor Yosuke Kanai on being elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)! Dr. Yosuke Kanai is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and an Adjunct Professor in...
View ArticleCommunicating with Magnons — UNC’s Work in Hybrid Magnonics highlighted by a...
Increasing the bandwidth of existing optical fiber networks is vital as society’s appetite for information grows. Writing in npj Spintronics, an editorial article (titled ‘Communicating with magnons’:...
View ArticleProf. Janssens’ Research on Chromium-62 Featured in Nature Physics
From https://frib.msu.edu/news/2024/chromium-62: In a recent paper in Nature Physics, an international research collaboration, including Edward G. Bilpuch Distinguished Professor Robert Janssens as a...
View ArticleCongratulations, Tamara Branca, elected Vice-Chair of the Southeastern...
Dr. Tamara Branca, Physics and Astronomy Professor, is the newly elected Vice-Chair of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS). Dr. Branca begins her first term in office on...
View ArticlePhysics and Astronomy’s New Inductees into Phi Beta Kappa
We are so proud of our students, who were recently inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa college honorary society. Less than 1% of all college students qualify for acceptance. Congratulations to: Patrick...
View ArticleUNC Ph.D. Physics student awarded DOE Office of Science Graduate Student...
Joseph (Jo) Moscoso is one of the 62 graduate students nationwide selected for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program’s 2024 Solicitation 1 cycle. Through world-class training...
View ArticleDuane Deardorff selected for Fulbright Specialist Roster
Congratulations, Duane Deardorff on being accepted to join the Fulbright Specialist Roster! As an approved candidate, Duane is now eligible to be matched to a host institution’s project at some point...
View ArticleUNC Student Finds Newborn Planet in Warped System
Planet-forming disks are a natural outcome of angular momentum conservation as molecular clouds collapse to form stars. During this collapse, the clouds begin to spin faster, eventually flattening into...
View ArticleLaura Mersini-Houghton, Panelist on upcoming Institute of Arts and Ideas Panel
On Monday watch the exciting debate between physicists Carlo Rovelli, Pioneering Physicist, Laura Mersini-Houghton, Leading Theoretical Physicist, and Sir Roger Penrose, Nobel Laureate, about one of...
View ArticleUnveiling a Lightweight Giant: JWST Reveals the True Nature of a Young Exoplanet
A recent study led by graduate student Pa Chia Thao has unveiled exciting new findings on a 17-million-year-old exoplanet, HIP 67522 b, using cutting-edge data from the James Webb Space Telescope...
View ArticleNew spin-wave microscopy highlighted by an Editors’ Suggestion and a featured...
Researchers at UNC (Zhang, Tsui group in Physics) and Cahoon group (Chemistry) recently developed a new method for imaging spin waves in magnetic materials uses flash-like intensity variations in a...
View ArticleDavid Stilwell receives prestigious 2025 Tanner Award for Excellence in...
David Stilwell, PhD Student in Polymer Physics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a recipient of the prestigious 2025 Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by...
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