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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
Professor Mark Schlossman has published a new book with Cambridge University Press entitled Liquid Surfaces and Interfaces: Synchrotron X-ray Methods together with Co-author Peter Pershan from Harvard University. The book is based on Professor Schlossman’s…
Congratulations to Professor Richard Cavanaugh for his receipt of the 2012 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career (CAREER) Development Award, one of the most competitive awards to honor young faculty members in the…
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…
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…
Congratulations to Professor Siva Sivananthan, Professor Christoph Grein, and Ms. Yesim Anter for co-hosting a successful 2012 International Symposium on Optoelectronics Materials and Devices here in Chicago on July 12-14. ISOMD 2012 brought a wide range of audience from…
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…
Congratulations to Professor Olga Evdokimov, UIC doctoral student Kolja Kauder, and the High Energy Nuclear group for hosting at UIC a successful Workshop on Heavy Flavor Production in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions on June 17-18, 2012.…
Professor Richard Cavanaugh was interviewed live (via skype from Fermilab) on Canadian TV about the recent possible discovery of the Higgs boson also known as the “God particle”.
LAS distinguished professor George Crabtree is featured in an inspiring video of his vision for UIC and the students of LAS entitled This is LAS: Professor George Crabtree, Guru of Green.
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…
The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) highlights the work of Professor Nikos Varelas, the UIC high energy particle physics group, and others in a news item “The Quark’s the Thing” available on the SEE Innovation website.…
Congratulations to Visiting Research Professor Randall Espinoza who has been selected as one of the thirteen 2012 Silver Circle Award winners for Excellence in Teaching. This prestigious teaching award is only given once…