This page originally appeared on @THEU Adapted from a release by Lauren Biron, science writer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Taken during the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument’s “early validation” phase, the data include distant galaxies and quasars as well as stars in our own Milky Way. The universe is big, and it’s getting bigger. To […]
Read MoreThis page originally appeared on AURA & @THEU The Association of Universities for Astronomy (AURA) is pleased to welcome two new member institutions: the University of Utah and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Both institutions’ applications to join AURA were approved by AURA’s Member Representatives at its April annual meeting in Tucson, […]
Read MoreThis page originally appeared on @THEU On April 21, the sun released huge coronal mass ejection (CME). Magnetic fields pulsed across the surface of the sun’s southern hemisphere; hurling charged particles toward our planet. Two days later in the nighttime hours of April 23, the particles hit Earth’s atmosphere and treated Utah’s skies to […]
Read MoreThis page originally appeared on GLOBAL U Around the world, our University of Utah international alumni are making an impact. In this series, “U International Alumni Abroad” we spotlight some of their stories. Since 2017, Dr. Ehab Abdel-Rahman has served as Provost of top-ranked The American University in Cairo (AUC). Below he reflects on […]
Read MoreThis page originally appeared on College of Science Three College of Science students awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for 2023-24 As the result of an ongoing partnership with the Department of Defense National Defense Education Programs (NDEP), Dr. John Yopp, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in […]
Read MoreThis page originally appeared on @THEU Adapted from a release by Francis Reddy, senior science writer for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. On Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, a pulse of intense gamma-ray radiation swept through our solar system, saturating detectors on numerous spacecraft and sending astronomers across the world scurrying to train their fastest and […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s Physics & Astronomy community is deeply saddened by the passing of Frank Ephraim Harris, a renowned theoretical physicist and physical chemist, who passed away on March 9, 2023, at the age of 93. Frank was born on August 26, 1929, in Boston, Massachusetts. After earning an A.B. in Chemistry from Harvard […]
Read MoreBy Alastair Boone “A lot of us have inflection points in our lives,” says Ryan Behunin, physics professor at Northern Arizona State University. “And oftentimes, at that inflection point there’s a person who can change the trajectory of your life. [For me] she was absolutely one of them. I can say with 100% certainty that […]
Read MoreThis Article originally appeared on @THEU The family of International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) founder and Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam announced that Tino Nyawelo, associate professor of physics at the University of Utah, is a recipient of the 2023 Spirit of Salam Award. Revealed annually on Abdus Salam’s birthday, the award recognizes those who, […]
Read MoreThis page originally appeared on @THEU On Friday, Feb. 10, the University of Utah held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Applied Sciences Project, a $93.5 million endeavor that includes renovation of the historic William Stewart Building and a new 100,000-square-foot building with modern teaching labs and state-of-the-art research facilities. The completed spaces will house world-class scientists […]
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