Six faculty were selected to receive the award this year.
Physical Sciences
Elacqua selected as 2023 Roy Award winner by Materials Research Institute
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Discovery of planet too big for its sun throws off solar system formation models
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Earth-like planets could form even in the harshest environments, study reports
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New study using the James Webb Space Telescope studied planet-forming disks that experience harsh ultraviolet radiation from nearby stars.
Jain selected as Holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Physics
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Jainendra Jain selected as Holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Physics
Three Penn State faculty members elected as Fellows of the APS
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Anna Stasto, Chaoxing Liu, and Adri van Duin have been elected as Fellows of the American Physical Society.
Zarzar named a recipient of the Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship
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Alexander Wolszczan named Atherton Professor
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Evan Pugh Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics will retire Dec. 31
Second-most distant galaxy discovered using James Webb Space Telescope
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The second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever observed have been discovered in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster.
Many planets beyond our solar system follow nearly circular orbital paths
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New analysis of data from NASA's Kepler space telescope reveals that many planets follow nearly circular orbital paths.
Lori Stepan represents Penn State Chemistry at the first inaugural ACS Outreach Summit
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