Faculty
- Congratulations to JILA Fellow and Physics Professor Margaret Murnane for winning the Frederick Ives Medal/Quinn Prize, the highest award of The Optical Society. The Award was announced on February 16, 2017.According to their
- Professor John M. Wahr passed away on November 11, 2015 at the age of 64.Professor Wahr was the first geophysicist to join the Department of Physics at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder. He joined the department as an Assistant Professor in 1983, built the Geophysics
- The 2016 Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics was awarded November 8, 2015 for the discovery and study of neutrino oscillations, revealing a new frontier beyond the standard model of high energy particle physics. The $3M Prize is
- Congratulations to Physics Professor and JILA fellow Margaret Murnane, who has recently been elected to the prestigious American Philosophical Society (APS).Murnane is the fourth Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder faculty member to be elected to APS. There were 34 people
- Professor Emeritus David A. Lind passed away Friday March 6, 2015 at the age of 96.David earned a B.S. in Physics from the University of Washington in 1940, and a Ph.D. in Physics from CalTech in 1948. He joined the faculty of the University of
- Congratulations to Professor Noah Finkelstein, who was named Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ's first ever Timmerhaus Teaching Ambassador. The announcement was mad on March 4, 2015. This new outreach program is designed to tap educators to promote discussion of teaching
- Congratulations to Professor Leo Radzihovsky, who was recently named a 2014 Simons Foundation Investigator. The award was announced in July. According to the Foundation Web site, "The Simons Investigators program provides a stable
- Congratulations to Professor Shijie Zhong, who was recently elected a 2014 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Dr. Zhong was recognized, "for fundamental, profound, and unselfish contributions to advancing the understanding of the dynamics of