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25 Arts and Sciences faculty promoted, 15 granted tenure

The 51ĀŅĀ× Board of Trustees voted in June to award promotion to 25 College of Arts and Sciences faculty member

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22 College of Arts and Sciences professors awarded faculty fellowship during 2022-23

The 51ĀŅĀ× Board of Trustees has approved 22 College of Arts and Sciences faculty members for faculty fellowship leave during the 2022-23 academic year.

Drabold, Trembly and doctoral students

Can they make graphite from coal? OHIO researchers start by finding new carbon solid

As the world's appetite for carbon-based materials like graphite increases, 51ĀŅĀ× researchers presented evidence this week for a new carbon solid they named "amorphous graphite."

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OHIO observatory invites public to view total lunar eclipse on May 15

The 51ĀŅĀ× Observatory starts the summer with a special viewing session during the total lunar eclipse on Sunday, May 15, from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Cutler Hall on College Green

51ĀŅĀ× and Intel: Past, present and future

Since the inception of Intel, founded in 1969, 51ĀŅĀ× graduates have been critical to the evolution of innovative ideas in microprocessing and semiconducting for the company.

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Spring 2022 Public Telescope Nights set for March, April and May

Visitors may see Lunar craters, Saturnā€™s rings, Jupiter, Mars, star clusters, or distant galaxies, depending on the time of year and sky conditions.

Zach Meisel, Ph.D.

Zach Meisel anticipates new answers on how the elements of the universe were made

Astrophysicist Zach Meisel, Ph.D., is part of an international team of pioneers whose goal is to solve some of the mysteries about stars and stellar burning at the elemental level.

Alexander Govorov

Govorov, Berlin collaborators set out to harness nanostructures for energy and sensing

Dr. Alexander Govorov, is teaming up with collaborators at the home of the world's first supercomputer to apply the best specialized software in the world to compute complex nanostructures.

Athens campus

51ĀŅĀ× names five outstanding Presidential Research Scholars

51ĀŅĀ× named five professors from physics, engineering, communications and business as its 2021-22 Presidential Research Scholars.

Dr. Madappa Prakash

Madappa Prakash awarded most prestigious prize in nuclear astrophysics

The American Physical Society awarded Dr. Prakash the 2022 Hans A. Bethe Prize, the most prestigious prize in the field of nuclear astrophysics, for his research about neutron stars and black holes.

Adam Fritsch

2021-22 Glidden Professor brings expertise to Edwards Accelerator, undergraduate physics labs

Dr. Adam Fritsch, associate professor of physics at Gonzaga University, is joining 51ĀŅĀ× as a Robert and Rene Glidden Visiting Professor for the 2021-22 academic year.

Carl Brune and grad students

Edwards Accelerator Laboratory turns 50, continues to provide surprising results

Thousands of 51ĀŅĀ× students walk past the Edwards Accelerator Laboratory each day, not noticing the internationally-known research facility set into the hillside.

Keith Hawkins smiles at the podium as he gives a speech during the Class of 2020 commencement

Innovative astronomer, 51ĀŅĀ× alumnus instills lessons for Class of 2020

The Class of 2020 finally got an in-person commencement ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, and the commencement speaker was alumnus Dr. Keith Hawkins, BS ā€™13.

Dr. Hee-Jong Seo
After the Big Bang

OHIO physicists are getting even closer to the Big Bang, thanks to a new way to examine light from the past

51ĀŅĀ× physicists are using data from 20 years of ground-based observations of the night sky from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to tackle a fundamental physics question.

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Arts and Sciences students recognized for leadership, community engagement

Ten College of Arts and Sciences students were among 39 honored at 51ĀŅĀ×'s annual leadership awards celebration on April 14, 2021.

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