Tag: Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Song receives Webb Telescope support to observe low-mass stars
The program will observe 19 M-type stars, the lowest mass stars that are the most…
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Dorsey selected to receive Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship
The program supports researchers who have a track record of success and curiosity in their…
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New research challenges long-standing paradigm on planet formation
Researchers have found evidence backing unpopular theory on planet formation.
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Two UGA juniors named 2024 Goldwater Scholars
It’s the highest undergraduate award for mathematics, engineering and natural sciences.
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Faster and more accurate COVID test developed
The new method simplifies the diagnostic process, reduces costs, and eliminates the risk of false…
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2024 Creative Teaching Awards
The Creative Teaching Awards are presented annually on behalf of the Office of Instruction to…
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UGA welcomes Nobel laureate Eric Betzig
Betzig to give presentations on biology and astronomy on March 25.
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Nobel laureate Michael Kosterlitz to visit UGA
Kosterlitz will deliver the 2024 Chhabra-Landau Lecture on March 14.
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Signature Lecture Series draws prominent speakers to campus
The spring 2024 Signature Lecture Series kicks off Feb. 6.
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UGA faculty awarded Moore Foundation grant to investigate ‘brain on a chip’
The funding will enable Abate’s research team to further explore fundamental properties of nanometer-scale oxide…
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UGA researchers discover new planet outside solar system
The exoplanet was detected using machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence.
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Jambeck, Landau, Terns named Regents’ Professors
UGA faculty members recognized for their innovative and renowned scholarship.
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Researchers focus AI on finding exoplanets
It could reshape how scientists identify new planets very far from Earth.
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Teaching Academy welcomes new members
The UGA Teaching Academy was chartered in 1999 at the university.
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Lilly Teaching Fellows participate in fall retreat
The 2022-2024 cohort of the Lilly Teaching Fellows engaged in team-building activities to build rapport…
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New quantum networks research and training program receives $3M NSF award
The NSF award advances convergent research in quantum information science and engineering.
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2022 Meigs Teaching Professors
Five faculty members were named Meigs Distinguished Professors for 2022. The professorship is the university’s…
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2022 Research Awards
Thirty-one faculty, staff and students received research awards for 2022.
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2022 Graduate Student Awards
Graduate Student Excellence-in-Teaching Awards The Excellence-in-Teaching Award was established by the Graduate School to recognize…
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Five faculty members named Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professors
The professorships are the university’s highest recognition for excellence in instruction.
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Teaching physics via Zoom during the pandemic
Lauren Sgro figured out a way to hold virtual labs for hands-on exercises.
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Launch sends UGA’s first research satellite into space
The student-led project is on its way to the International Space Station.
