Congratulations to Alejandro Rebola, who has been chosen to receive a SKIT-HST GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP for the 2008/2009 school year. SKIT is an exciting opportunity to participate in the Chicago Public School’s system-wide efforts…
Professor George W. Crabtree, a senior scientist and administrator at the Argonne National Laboratory, was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences for his excellence in original scientific research. George holds…
Congratulations to Weronica Walkosz, who has been awarded a Dean’s Scholar Fellowship from the Graduate College for AY 08-09! The Physics Department also wishes University Fellowship winner Yutao Gong, and all the new…
Undergraduate UIContest winner Michael Greco has received Honorable Mention at the 2008 UIC Student Research Forum for his poster entitled “Femtosecond, Thermal-lens-shaped Yb:KGW Laser.” Congratulations Mike!
The Physics Department extends congratulations to Professor Robert Klie for his receipt of the 2009 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career (CAREER) Development Award, one of the most competitive awards to honor young…
In AY 08-09 the Physics Department will host a group of exchange students from Dongguk University. The exchange program initiated by the Physics Department and MPL is part of a cooperative agreement between UIC…
Professor Olga Barannikova has been appointed a deputy spokesperson for the STAR detector collaboration at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
The UIC Distinguished Professor Juan Carlos Campuzano, a former undergraduate and graduate student of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Physics Department, is one of this year’s recipients of the UWM Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
Proposal “Development of Physics Demonstrations to Enhance Introductory Physics Education” submitted by Professor Henrik Aratyn, Edmundo Garcia and Louis Nasser has been awarded a Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) Curriculum and Instructional…
The December 2007 edition of Physics Today contains the article, “New Experiments Fuel Debate Over the Nature of High-Tc Superconductors.” by Barbara Goss Levi (“Search and Discovery” Section, pp. 17-21), which discusses one-…
The Physics department is pleased to announce WISEST mentoring. Physics majors and grad students may meet with Professor Olga Barannikova on an individual basis, or come to WISEST mentoring office hours on Fridays…
A recent UIC News story describes scientific achievements of Professor Juan Carlos Campuzano who is this year’s sole recipient of the honorary title of the UIC Distinguished Professor for contributions to surface science,…
The recent UIC News article brings to the general attention of the community the Physics Department’s unprecedented growth in its external funding. This funding boost will increase Department’s capacity for performing highest quality scientific…
It’s been a year full of recognition for Professor Juan-Carlos Campuzano. Soon after being chosen as a recipient of the honorary title of UIC Distinguished Professor for AY 2007-2008, Juan-Carlos was honored by…
We are proud to announce that graduate student and Dean’s Fellow Jerald Kavich will participate in an International Student Exchange Program between Argonne National Laboratory and Research Center Jülich, Germany. Details of the…
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the BCS-theory by J. Bardeen, L. Cooper, and R. Schrieffer which provided the first microscopic explanation for the phenomenon of low-temperature superconductivity, Professor Dirk Morr is co-organizing a workshop…
Congratulations to Jerald Kavich, who has been awarded a Dean’s Scholar Fellowship from the Graduate College. The Physics Department welcomes Lincoln Fellowship winner Maria Castro, who will join the PhD program in Fall…