Anna Stasto, Chaoxing Liu, and Adri van Duin have been elected as Fellows of the American Physical Society.
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Three Penn State faculty members elected as Fellows of the APS
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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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Samarth honored with Adler Lectureship Award from American Physical Society
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The award recognizes his high-quality research contributions to the field of semiconductor spintronics.
Chemistry graduate student receives prestigious defense fellowship
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Doctoral student Wyatt Larrinaga will receive the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowship.
Electrical control of quantum phenomenon could improve future electronic devices
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Researchers demonstrate how to electronically alter the direction of electron flow in promising materials for quantum computers.
Harry Allcock named Atherton Professor
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The professorship supports the activity Evan Pugh Professors may pursue after their retirement.