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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 […]
Texas A&M to Offer Graduate Astronomy Degrees in Fall 2016
COLLEGE STATION — Roughly a decade after launching a new astronomy program and hiring one of the co-discoverers of dark energy to lead it, Texas A&M University is set to come full-academic circle this fall, offering its first master’s and doctoral degrees in astronomy. Texas A&M’s new astronomy graduate program within the Department of Physics […]
Texas A&M Physics Team Logs First-Place Finish in 2016 SAT Competition
COLLEGE STATION — As the saying goes in Aggieland, if you do something once at Texas A&M University, it’s a tradition. Consider another one added to the list, now that a trio of Texas A&M physicists has taken first place in the incomplete unweighted Max-SAT random track solvers category of the 2016 Satisfiability (SAT) Competition, […]
NASA’s Hubble Finds Universe Expanding Faster Than Expected
BALTIMORE — A team of astronomers including four from Texas A&M University has discovered that the universe is expanding 5 to 9 percent faster than expected, based on observations with the Hubble Space Telescope. The surprising result, to be detailed in an upcoming issue of The Astrophysical Journal, represents the most recent advance in a […]
Texas A&M Professor Realizes Life Purpose, Global Potential Through Physics
COLLEGE STATION — EDITOR’S NOTE: Last November, Texas A&M University President Michael K. Young announced a new $4 billion comprehensive campaign, Lead by Example, that will cement Texas A&M as a world leader in solving great global challenges. The following story largely is excerpted from the version that originally appeared in the Texas A&M Foundation’s […]
Caltech Physicist to Present Public Lecture on LIGO Experiment
COLLEGE STATION — California Institute of Technology physicist Barry C. Barish, former director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and creator of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) that includes more than 1,000 collaborators worldwide, will visit Texas A&M University next week to deliver a free public lecture detailing his role in the groundbreaking experiment […]
A+ ADVISING: Physics and Astronomy’s Sherree Kessler Earns Presidential Award
COLLEGE STATION — Sherree D. Kessler ’99, senior academic advisor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been selected as one of five campus-wide recipients of the 2016 President’s Award for Academic Advising. Established in 2004, the awards recognize outstanding individuals who exemplify the qualities and practices of exceptional academic […]
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 […]
Physics & Engineering Festival Set for April 9
COLLLEGE STATION — The Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University invite audiences across Texas, the nation and even the world to get up-close and personal with science and technology this spring at the 2016 Physics & Engineering Festival, an entertaining and informative weekend scientific extravaganza for all […]
Local Photography Exhibit to Feature Two Original Hubble Glass Plates
COLLEGE STATION — When the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History kicks off its most recent exhibition, Capturing Time: The Story of Early Photography on Thursday (Jan. 28), a portion of the spotlight will be shining on astronomy connections, past and present. Texas A&M University astronomer Nicholas B. Suntzeff says the exhibit represents a […]
Four Texas A&M Faculty Elected as American Physical Society Fellows
COLLEGE STATION — Four Texas A&M University professors — Artem G. Abanov, Alexei V. Sokolov, David Toback and Vladislav V. Yakovlev — have been elected as 2015 Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS), the world’s largest organization of physicists. No more than one-half of one percent of the organization’s current membership is selected […]
Scully Named Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
COLLEGE STATION — Marlan O. Scully, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been selected as a 2015 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Scully is one of two Texas A&M faculty-researchers recognized among the NAI’s 168 fellow honorees for 2015 announced today (Tuesday, Dec. 15). He joins […]
New Results from LUX: World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Gets Better
LEAD, S.D. — The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment, operating nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in the Black Hills of South Dakota and involving roughly 100 international scientists — including Texas A&M University physicist Robert C. Webb — has already proven itself to be the most sensitive […]