Physical Sciences

Samarth Appointed Head of the Department of Physics
Samarth Appointed Head of the Department of Physics
Distant Black Hole Discovered Devouring a Sun-like Star
Images from Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical (white, purple) and X-Ray telescopes (yellow and red) were combined to make this view of Swift J1644+57. Evidence of flares is seen only in the X-ray image, a 3.4-hour exposure taken on March 28, 2011. Credit: NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler
Third Annual Penn State REU Symposium Featured Undergraduate Summer Research
A student reviews her physics research project during the REU Symposium poster session.
Donald Schneider Appointed as Head of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Donald Schneider Appointed as Head of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
25th Anniversary of Ashtekar's Landmark Paper is Honored at Conference in Spain
25th Anniversary of Ashtekar's Landmark Paper is Honored at Conference in Spain
Hammes-Schiffer Named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Hammes-Schiffer Named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Ramsey Appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gemini Observatory
Ramsey Appointed an Eberly College of Science Distinguished Senior Scholar at Penn State
Weinreb Named a 2011 Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Weinreb Named a 2011 Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Chen Receives National Science Foundation Career Award
Chen Receives National Science Foundation Career Award
Hammes-Schiffer Receives National Institutes of Health MERIT Award
Hammes-Schiffer Named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society
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