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May 25, 2006

A&M Breaks Ground on Physics Buildings

by JOSH BAUGH COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M broke ground Wednesday for two “signature buildings” that will be the first structures built in the university’s $300 million campus construction plan. The $57 million George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy and the George P. Mitchell ’40 Physics Building will help […]

May 2, 2006

New NSF Research Center to Transform Sensor Technology

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University is one of six core partners in a new multi-million-dollar National Science Foundation (NSF) center expected to revolutionize sensor technology and yield devices capable of transforming aspects of various industries ranging from health care to environmental quality. The center, dubbed MIRTHE for “Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment,” […]

April 21, 2006

Texas A&M Researcher Earns Prestigious Nuclear Physics Prize

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University Professor of Physics Dr. John C. Hardy has been recognized by the American Physical Society (APS) with its 2006 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics. Hardy, who is the first Texas A&M faculty member to receive what is the APS’ only award for nuclear physics, shares this year’s […]

April 10, 2006

A&M Symposium Hopes to Unveil a Cosmic World

by JOSH BAUGH COLLEGE STATION — The 2006 Mitchell Symposium on Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics kicks off Monday at Texas A&M University, bringing together some of the subjects’ foremost experts from across the world. “This is a quality event,” said Roland Allen, a theoretical physicist at A&M. “We’ll have people here that are at […]

April 10, 2006

Top Researchers Gather for 2006 Mitchell Symposium in Fundamental Physics

COLLEGE STATION — Super magnets may reveal some of the universe’s super secrets, a researcher said Monday during the first session of the 2006 Mitchell Symposium on Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics at Texas A&M University. The annual conference brings together many of the world’s top scientists in the fields of physics, astronomy, cosmology and […]

March 8, 2006

A&M “Atom-Smasher” Honored with Sloan Fellowship

COLLEGE STATION — While most people are taught at a young age to be careful not to break things, Saskia Mioduszewski’s fundamental research in nuclear physics depends on it. In her case, “things” are atomic nuclei, which hold the secrets to understanding what matter is made of. Mioduszewski, an assistant professor of physics at Texas […]

January 31, 2006

New Physics Buildings to Help Involvement in Telescope Project

COLLEGE STATION — Design plans for two new physics buildings have been approved by the Board of Regents and construction will begin on the buildings as early as May. Their construction is part of a $35 million donation to Texas A&M by George P. Mitchell, Class of 1940, with the intention of helping the University […]

December 20, 2005

Four Faculty Earn APS Fellow Distinction

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University Professors Olga Kocharovskaya, Wayne M. Saslow, Sherry J. Yennello and M. Suhail Zubairy have been elected as 2005 Fellows of the American Physical Society. Each year, no more than one-half of one percent of the organization’s current membership is selected by their peers for inclusion in the APS Fellowship […]

November 10, 2005

Nobel Laureate Urges Fundamental Changes in Science Education Nov 10, 2005

COLLEGE STATION — According to a Nobel laureate in chemistry, too many college science teachers have got it all wrong, using classroom methods that turn students off from careers in those fields. Instead, he recommends that they borrow techniques from their colleagues in the humanities to stimulate inquiry into and excitement about problems taken from […]

Giant Magellan Telescope reflecting the Chilean sunset.

November 7, 2005

First Mirror Cast for Giant Magellan Telescope

COLLEGE STATION — The casting of the first mirror of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) in Arizona has been completed and is a big step in the process of creating the largest telescope ever built, says Ed Fry, head of the Department of Physics at Texas A&M University. Texas A&M is one of eight institutions […]

November 5, 2005

George Mitchell Lays Groundwork for New Texas A&M Science Initiative with $35 Million Gift

HOUSTON — George P. Mitchell of Houston is spearheading the development of a new science initiative at Texas A&M University with a $35 million gift to support an effort to propel the institution into the front ranks of fundamental physics and astronomy. This donation by the oil, gas and land development entrepreneur and his wife, […]

October 31, 2005

Scully Earns Prestigious Laser Science Prize

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University Distinguished Professor of Physics Dr. Marlan O. Scully has been recognized by the American Physical Society (APS) with its 2005 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science. Scully is cited “for his many far-reaching contributions to quantum optics and quantum electronics and, in particular, for the quantum theory of […]

October 13, 2005

Nobel Citation Credits Texas A&M Physicists

COLLEGE STATION — Quantum optics research at Texas A&M University achieved worldwide fame once again last week, earning a prestigious reference in the advanced information regarding the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physics, shared by American physicists Roy J. Glauber and John L. Hall and German physicist Theodor W. Hansch. After paying homage to Max Planck, […]

October 11, 2005

International Many-Body Physics Honorees Announced

COLLEGE STATION — International physics scholars Dr. Raymond Bishop and Dr. Hermann Kümmel are joint recipients of the 2005 Eugene Feenberg Memorial Medal in Many-Body Physics, awarded by the International Advisory Committee for the series of International Conferences on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories. Texas A&M University Professor of Physics Siu A. Chin, who serves […]

September 22, 2005

Lukin Illuminates Quantum Science: Understanding the “supers” and “ultras” of matter

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mikhail Lukin received his doctorate in physics from Texas A&M University in 1998 under the supervision of Distinguished Professor of Physics Dr. Marlan O. Scully. Cambridge, Mass. — Mikhail Lukin thinks that devices based on quantum science are at the same stage as radios were about 100 years ago. To catch up, the […]

August 30, 2005

Giant Magellan Telescope Consortium, Texas A&M Receive Times Recognition

The New York Times published an article on August 30 about the Giant Magellan Telescope Consortium and its ambitions to construct the largest telescope ever. Thanks to a $1.75 million gift to Texas A&M from George P. Mitchell ’40, Texas A&M is one of eight institutions funding the telescope, which will be the largest and […]

July 21, 2005

Texas A&M, UT Join in Celebrating Magellan Telescope Milestone

TUSCON, Ariz. — A swirling vat of molten glass is bringing officials and scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University to Tucson this week. Along with their other five partners, the two flagship universities are celebrating the casting of the first of seven mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) […]

July 19, 2005

Physics TA Focuses on Perfecting His Teaching Skills

COLLEGE STATION — Juntao Chang, a graduate of China’s Peking University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in physics, did not expect that one day he would help teach in classrooms in the United States. But Chang said despite some difficulties, he felt it was an interesting job to have. Chang, a doctoral student in […]

May 4, 2005

Math/Physics Undergrad Named 2005 Goldwater Scholar

COLLEGE STATION — Senior mathematics and physics major Zorawar Wadiasingh of Humble has been recognized as one of three 2005 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars from Texas A&M University. Wadiasingh — along with fellow A&M seniors Agustin Mohedas of Ponca City, Okla., and Brian Sedio of San Antonio — was one of 380 recipients of the […]

March 17, 2005

Nobel Winner to Deliver Public Lecture on Einstein

COLLEGE STATION — For anyone who’s ever wondered what Albert Einstein was like in his youth, enlightenment is just around the theoretical corner, courtesy of one Nobel laureate analyzing another. On Wednesday, Mar. 30, Dr. Dudley R. Herschbach, 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and Professor of Physics at Texas A&M University, will present Einstein […]