GW Physics Professor Awarded Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Chryssa Kouveliotou received international recognition for her contributions to the understanding of magnetars, a class of highly magnetized neutron stars.
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Department News
NASA Missions Unmask Magnetar Eruptions in Nearby Galaxies
A team of GW magnetar experts was part of the international collaboration that analyzed data from space- and ground-based observatories.
Astrophysics graduate students (Steven Chen, Brendan O'Connor, Hui Yang) gave talks at the Chandra Frontiers in Time-Domain Science 2020.
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Department Colloquium
Physics department colloquium takes place in Corcoran 101 (725 21st NW, Washington DC 20052), usually on Thursdays 4-5pm. Refreshments are provided on the fourth floor from 3:45 p.m.
Update: All department colloquia will be held in a hybrid mode (in-person and on Zoom). Please email [email protected] if you want to get on the mailing list for updates and Zoom links.
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Frances E. Walker Lecture Series
The Frances E. Walker Lecture Series brings prominent women physicists and astrophysicists to campus to highlight their accomplishments and connect mentors with students. The series is supported by the Frances E. Walker Fund for Women in Physics.
Past Frances Walker Lectures
- 2019: Rhonda Dzakpasu
- 2018: Judith McGovern
- 2018: Samar Safi-Harb
- 2017: Vicky Kalogera
- 2015: Gay Stewart
Barry Berman Memorial Lecture Series
The goal of the Barry Berman Memorial Lecture Series is to inspire young people to study medical physics by inviting nationally and internationally prominent scientists to speak on the application of physics principles to medicine. The series was founded in 2011 through a generous gift from one of Berman’s close collaborators and colleagues, Cedric Yu, a faculty member at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology.
Professors Berman and Yu formerly worked together under a National Institutes of Health-funded project on radiation cancer therapy.