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College of Science Honors 2016 Award Winners
COLLEGE STATION — Thirteen faculty, staff and students within the Texas A&M University College of Science were recognized for recent outstanding accomplishments by Dean Meigan Aronson at the college’s annual Faculty-Staff Meeting and Awards Presentation Tuesday (Nov. 1). The ceremony, which honors college award recipients and serves as a forum for new faculty and staff […]
Peter McIntyre Named Head of Texas A&M Physics and Astronomy
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Peter M. McIntyre has been appointed as head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University, effective June 1, announced Dr. Meigan Aronson, dean of the College of Science. McIntyre, a 36-year veteran of the department and widely respected experimental high-energy physicist, replaces Dr. George R. Welch, who […]
ZFOURGE Survey Charts Rise and Fall of Galaxy Formation Across Cosmic History
COLLEGE STATION — In one of the most sensitive measurements to date, an international team of astronomers has charted the rise and fall of galaxies across 90 percent of cosmic history in the FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey (ZFOURGE), the complete results of which were publically unveiled today (August 30) for the first time. Texas A&M […]
MACRI MEETS MACRI: Texas Astronomers Meet Argentine President to Discuss Telescope
BUENOS AIRES — Texas ties forged seven years ago during the International Year of Astronomy have taken two Lone Star State astronomers global in a quest for a new Argentina-based telescope to aid in the hunt for LIGO-based evidence beyond gravitational waves — specifically, that of neutron star mergers. While in Buenos Aires this […]
Texas A&M Grad Student Ting Li Awarded Fermilab’s Lederman Fellowship
COLLEGE STATION — Ting Li ’16, a graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the Lederman Fellowship in Experimental Physics, one of the most distinguished postdoctoral fellowships in experimental particle physics. The three-year fellowship was created in 1989 by the […]
Giant Magellan Telescope Breaks Ground in Chile
ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — Leading scientists, senior officials and supporters from an international consortium of universities and research institutions including Texas A&M University are gathering on a remote mountaintop high in the Chilean Andes today (Wednesday, Nov. 11) to celebrate groundbreaking for the Giant Magellan Telescope. The ceremony marks the commencement of onsite construction of […]
Texas A&M Physics Grad Student Pushes Universal Boundaries With Stellar Spectroscopy
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University physics graduate student Daniel Nagasawa ’16 has some advice for budding astronomers: Never cease being amazed by things perceived as basic, from light to the elements. As a member of Texas A&M’s Charles R. ’62 and Judith G. Munnerlyn Astronomical Instrumentation Laboratory, Nagasawa’s passion for astronomy is steered by […]
World’s largest telescope rolls on
The stars have never been closer to Texas, as 2014’s final months brought the world’s largest telescope to the threshold of construction. The Giant Magellan Telescope will be 10 times stronger than the Hubble Space Telescope when it sees first light in 2021, surpassing any previous observatory. Texas A&M and the University of Texas are […]
MUST-SEE TV: George P. Mitchell Documentary Set to Debut August 3 on Houston PBS
COLLEGE STATION — A new documentary celebrating the life of visionary Texas businessman and global energy pioneer George P. Mitchell, a 1940 distinguished petroleum engineering graduate of Texas A&M University and all-time most generous donor in Texas A&M history, is set to make its public television debut next month, roughly a week after the one-year […]
Texas A&M Physics Student Finds Niche in Collider Research at CERN
COLLEGE STATION — Indara Suarez didn’t speak a word of English when she arrived to the U.S. from Mexico at age 12. The grades she made in high school weren’t good enough to get her into a four-year university. Now as a doctoral student at Texas A&M University working toward a Ph.D. in high-energy physics, […]
Texas A&M Physicist Publishes Tutorial Review on Higgs Boson
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University physicist Roland E. Allen has written a comprehensive review of the Higgs boson that explains the significance of this elusive particle, its recent experimental discovery and the Nobel Prize-winning proposal for its existence nearly half a century ago. Allen’s paper, “The Higgs Bridge,” was published Monday (Dec. 9) by […]
THIS JUST IN: LUX, World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector, Reports First Results
LEAD, S.D. — A massive experiment quietly operating since spring roughly a mile underground in the Black Hills of South Dakota and involving liquid xenon, the world’s biggest detector and about a hundred international scientists — including Texas A&M University physicists — has proven itself the most sensitive dark matter detector in the world. Among […]
Texas A&M Astronomers Find Baby Galaxies in Early Universe
COLLEGE STATION — Armed with a sample of the deepest near-infrared images yet, captured by NASA’s new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on board the Hubble Space Telescope, Texas A&M University astronomers Dr. Casey Papovich and Dr. Steven Finkelstein along with their collaborators have completed their initial analysis of the light from 35 galaxies formed […]
Nobel Laureate to Speak at Commencement
COLLEGE STATION — Nobel Laureate Dr. Dudley R. Herschbach, professor of both physics and chemistry at Texas A&M University, has been selected as the university’s commencement convocation speaker Dec. 17 as a prelude to three graduation ceremonies conducted over the following two days, announced Interim President R. Bowen Loftin. Commencement convocation is a new Texas […]