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…
Professor Clive Halliwell was interviewed Feb 15 for Chicago Public Radio about ice falling from downtown high rises. Clive calculated the terminal velocity of the falling ice and shared useful safety tips with…
Professor Mark Adams and Professor David Hofman are the two Teaching Recognition Program Award recipients from the Physics Department for 2006. The award is given annually to UIC professors demonstrating outstanding performance in…
The Mathematical Physics Research Group of Professor Tom Imbo has recently received a substantial monetary gift from Dr. Mark Mueller of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo and Company (GMO) in Boston. Dr. Mueller obtained…
Scientists of the DZero collaboration at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced in a seminar at Fermilab on December 8, 2006 the first evidence of single top quarks produced in…
A UIC News Release from December 4, 2006 discusses applications of the laser temperature-jump technique to study the dynamics of a protein-DNA complex first performed in Professor Anjum Ansari’s lab. The research findings by Anjum…
Professor Juan Carlos Campuzano was promoted to the position of Argonne Distinguished Fellow for his outstanding accomplishments in condensed matter physics. This position is equivalent to an endowed chaired position at a University…
The November 27, 2006 edition of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Times featured the UIC High Energy group. The article highlights our HE group’s CMS efforts and contains an interview with our graduate…