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Dirk Morr elected as an American Physical Society Fellow

Congratulations to Professor Dirk Morr who was elected an American Physical Society Fellow. Professor Morr’s citation is “For contributions to the theory of strongly correlated electron materials and complex phenomena at the nanoscale“.  Additional…

Chris Grein elected as American Physical Society Fellow

Congratulations to Professor Chris Grein who was elected an American Physical Society Fellow. Professor Grein’s citation is “For achievements in novel superlattice-based infrared detectors and emitters“. Additional details will be published in the March…

Nikos Varelas elected as co-spokesperson of the CTEQ Collaboration

Congratulations to Professor Nikos Varelas. He was elected co-spokesperson of the CTEQ Collaboration consisting of theorists and experimentalists from 21 institutions who are devoted to a broad program of research projects and cooperative…

Lucie Gauthier receives a CMS 2012 Achievement Award

Congratulations to graduate student Lucie Gauthier. She received a CMS 2012 Achievement Award with the citation, “For trigger menu development, implementation of SUSY triggers and outstanding service as an HLT on call expert“. Lucie has…

George Crabtree will head new 120-million JCESR center

Congratulations to UIC distinguished professor George Crabtree, who will head the new $120-million Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR). JCESR (pronounced “J-Caesar”) will seek to achieve revolutionary advances in battery performance. The…

Nikos Varelas elected chair of the Fermilab UEC

Congratulations to Professor Nikos Varelas for his election as chair of the Fermilab Users Executive Committee (UEC). As detailed in the November 1, 2012 Issue of Fermilab Today, the UEC handles the affairs of the…

High Energy Physics group receives Deans Outstanding Faculty Award

Congratulations to the experimental High Energy Physics group for receiving a Deans Outstanding Faculty Award. Professor Mark Adams, Professor Rick Cavanaugh, Professor Cecilia Gerber, and Professor Nikos Varelas were headlined at the 17th…

Dirk Morr interviewed on the "Rock it Out!" blog

Congratulations to Professor Dirk Morr for bringing physics and music together (and for making UIC physics look cool and hip) in an interview by Sami Jarroush on the “Rock it Out!” blog on…

Nikos Varelas recognized with LAS Faculty Service Award

Congratulations to Professor Nikos Varelas, who together with Professor Mary Ashley from biology was recognized by Dean Tantillo (center) with the 2012-2013 LAS Faculty Service Award.  This award “recognizes faculty members who have made extraordinary contributions to LAS…

Governor Pat Quinn visits Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. (Labs)

Governor Pat Quinn visited one of the best examples of Illinois entrepreneurship, Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. (Labs), and its companies in Bolingbrook, IL, on Friday, September 21, 2012. The leadership of the Labs, Professor Siva…

The Department welcomes new faculty member Ho-Ung Yee

The department of physics welcomes new faculty member Assistant Professor Ho-Ung Yee to the Department and to UIC. Professor Yee earned his PhD in theoretical physics at Yale University and joins UIC as a prestigious RIKEN/BNL…

Understanding the Search for the Higgs Boson: A Primer for Civilians

Professor Nikos Varelas, Professor Mark Adams, Professor Richard Cavanaugh, and Professor Cecilia Gerber were featured in the summer 2012 edition of AtLAS entitled “Understanding the Search for the Higgs Boson: A Primer for Civilians.” As…

The Department welcomes new faculty member Zhenyu Ye

The department of physics welcomes new faculty member Assistant Professor Zhenyu Ye to the Department and to UIC. Professor Ye earned his PhD in experimental physics at DESY/University of Hamburg, Germany, and joins UIC bringing…

George Crabtree gives the LAS 2012 commencement address

LAS distinguished professor George Crabtree gave the LAS 2012 commencement address to 1,472 undergraduates, 113 graduate students and more than 6,000 family members and friends at the UIC pavilion on the morning of…