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Iowa academy inspires next wave of space researchers
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Undergraduate students from across the United States came to campus last July, enticed by the prospect of stewarding a mission to explore Earth or space. The students were the first group to enroll in a new class, called the Edge of Space Academy, offered by Iowa as another marker of its living, breathing legacy in space-based research.
Hoadley Awarded Grant to Study Jet Outflow and Disk Scattering of AA Tau Protostar
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
The Space Telescope Science Institute has awarded Assistant Professor Keri Hoadley $24,799 for a project entitled “Jets and disk scattering - Spatially resolved optical and FUV observations of AA Tau.” The award is for a Hubble Space Telescope program to analyze new far-ultraviolet and optical observations of a protostar hosting a planet-forming disk, analogous to the one formed in our own Solar System.
KCRG-TV: CUWiP Shines a Light on Women in Physics
Monday, January 23, 2023
The University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy hosted the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics Jan. 20-22. The UI conference is sponsored by the American Physical Society (APS) 12 other universities and one laboratory across the United States.
Staff Council Spotlight: Chris Piker
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Chris Piker, Senior Database Administrator, was profiled in the January 2023 UI Staff Council newsletter.
McCrory Helped Hurricane Ian Victims Recover From Storm
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
George McCrory, a longtime communications professional for the UI, currently working in the Physics and Astronomy Department, splits his time between his work at Iowa and giving back to his community.
Stille Earns Professional Development Award
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Dale Stille has been selected to receive a $500 Mary Louise Kelley Professional Development Award to attend the 2023 American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) conference.
UI Physics Alumni Receives AAS Early Career Award
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
The Laboratory Astrophysics Division (LAD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) is presenting its 2023 Early Career Award to Professor James W. R. Schroeder of Wheaton College, who received his PhD in physics from the University of Iowa. The award recognizes Prof. Schroeder’s experimental confirmation of the acceleration of auroral electrons by Alfvén waves in the laboratory.
Reno Named New DEO
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Prof. Mary Hall Reno has been named the new Departmental Executive Officer of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, effective Jan. 1, 2023.
Hospodarsky Speaks to 7th Graders at Kirkwood Center
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Research Scientist/Engineer George Hospodarsky gave six presentations about space physics to 120 7th graders on Dec. 19 at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha.
Congratulations Fall 2022 Graduates!
Monday, December 19, 2022
Several students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy were candidates for degrees at Fall Commencement ceremonies Dec. 16-17.
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