Cosmic ‘candy cane’ spotted in inner Milky Way
December 19, 2019
2019 News
December
November
Daniel Case and Prof. Adilson Motter publish breakthrough in pre-programmed microfluidic systems in Nature
November 1, 2019
September
Andrew Geraci elected APS Fellow
September 26, 2019
An international team including Prof. Farhad Zadeh has discovered a giant balloon-like structures at the center of the Milky Way.
September 12, 2019
Prof. Wen-fai Fong, Peter Blanchard & collaborators capture deepest optical image of first neutron star merger.
September 9, 2019
Professor Raffaella Margutti Named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar
September 5, 2019
August
Profs. Jens Koch, Jim Sauls and Applied Physics PhD candidate, Xinyuan You Advance the Understanding of Quantum Mechanics in Circuits.
August 27, 2019
Prof. Jens Koch and Jim Sauls advance the understanding of quantum mechanics in circuits.
August 27, 2019
July
$1M Keck Foundation grant supports development of gravitational wave mini-detector. Prof. Andrew Geraci leads the effort with Vicky Kalogera and Shane Larson as co-investigators.
July 19, 2019
Graduate Student Aprajita Hajela wins NASA Future Investigator Award
July 11, 2019
June
Congratulations to Fred Rasio on receiving the 2019 Brouwer Award
June 20, 2019
Prof. Sasha Tchekhovskoy's group publishes most detailed simulations to date of Bardeen-Peterson alignment
June 10, 2019
May
Congratulations to Prof. Faucher-Giguère on obtaining tenure in the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences!
May 22, 2019
Prof. Gerald Gabrielse Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
May 15, 2019
Prof. de Gouvea speaks at Kavli Foundation Plenary Session
May 14, 2019
Speaking at the April meeting in Denver, Prof. de Gouvea spoke about the theory behind neutrino masses.
April
Prof. Mayda Velasco, UNESCO Chair and COFI Director, featured for her global impact in physics
April 25, 2019
March
Graduate student Zachary Hafen creates "Vault," a student-led data expedition for high schoolers
March 27, 2019
February
Graduate student Ingrid Stolt writes about "The Magic of Magnets" in the online magazine Helix
February 20, 2019
Prof. Raffaella Margutti named Sloan Research Fellow
February 19, 2019
Northwestern Hosts Regional Conference for Women in Physics
February 8, 2019
Prof. Sauls Elected Secretary-Treasurer of the CMP Division of the APS, among other appointments and honors
February 4, 2019
January
Prof. Motter participates in Pujiang Innovation Forum in Shanghi
January 24, 2019
500 people observe lunar eclipse at Dearborn Observatory
January 22, 2019
Prof. Margutti leads international team in studying the birth of a black hole or neutron star.
January 11, 2019
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is proud to host the 2019 regional Conference of Undergraduate Women in Physics
January 10, 2019