Our department and K-State Arts and Sciences invite you to next week's #diversity and #inclusion lecture with physics researcher Rebecca Lindell.

Email [email protected] if you need a Zoom link.

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University distinguished professor Bharat Ratra traveled to India last month where he discussed dark energy with faculty and students in a captivating colloquium at School of Astrophysics, PresidencyUniversity.

Watch the colloquium on YouTube:
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Kudos to Kayla Engel for her efforts in coordinating the recent 2024 K-State High School Science Teacher of the Year event for the K-State Arts and Sciences departments of physics, K-State Chemistry, K-State Geology, and K-State Biology.

Our grad students took advantage of the beautiful weather this weekend and had an extra-oar-dinary time at Tuttle Creek canoeing, kayaking, & paddle boarding (only one boat capsized!). After working up an appetite, they enjoyed a bbq courtesy of grillmasters Josh, Frank & Luka.

K-State HS Science Teachers of the Year awardees and students from Olathe Public Schools, Bishop Seabury, @tmpmarian, Hutchinson USD 308, @USD383, and @USD506 were laser focused as they toured our Macdonald Lab. They learned how we use state-of-the-art lasers to measure reactions of atoms.

Dean Zollman & Jackie Spears met up with alumna Jessica Dwyer ('15) in Illinois where Dwyer serves as SIU Carbondale Commander & Prof. of Aerospace Studies for Reserve Officer Training Corps. Dwyer spoke about her adventures being a U.S. Air Force #physicist during an eclipse event.

Please join us in congratulating Cade Ifland on a successful MS #thesis defense last week. Cade’s research on “fast calcite growth driven by galvanic couples” was supervised by Prof. Bret Flanders.

Congratulations to Shamna Trivedi on the successful completion of her MS thesis defense last Friday. Her project 'Constructing a digital in-line #holography set-up & analyzing particles with different characteristics' was mentored by Professor Matt Berg.

Join us this afternoon to hear Buddhapriya Chakrabarti of Sheffield University speak about 'Physics of Surface Segregation: From Industrial Formulations to Biology' at today's K-State Arts and Sciences physics colloquium. Join us in person or e-mail [email protected] for a Zoom link.

#KState cosmologist Lado Samushia's research is featured in this article in Seek magazine. Samushia is collaborating with a team of researchers on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Space Telescope that will study dark energy and exoplanets when it launches in 2027.

The views & crowds on the Cardwell lawn eclipsed all of our expectations yesterday. It was totality awesome to see the K-State community together during this spectacular solar event. #solareclipse2024

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Kudos to #KState High School Science Teachers of the Year awardees. Co-physics teacher awardees were @USD383 MHS teacher Sundara Ghatty (L) and Labette County 506 Labette Co. HS teacher Josh Cochran (R) pictured with nominators, current physics majors, Jeannie McClelland and Wyatt Jones.

The latest version of our alumni newsletter is available online now at enewsletters.k-state.edu/physics/catego…. It's an excellent way to stay connected with the K-State physics community and see all the exciting things happening in our department.

This #eclipse event today is the place to be if you're on the K-State campus beyond a shadow of a doubt.
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Tonight's the night - astronomy night to be precise - at Morrill Hall (UNSM). Come out to hear #KState cosmologist Bharat Ratra talk about the expansion of the universe at 6:20 and 7:20 pm.

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Enjoy family-friendly #science in Cardwell Hall during K-State Open House today. Explore fun interactive hands-on experiments, learn about the #solareclipse and make a viewer for it, watch an explosive #physics demo show, & build a sculpture. All events are free.

From an idea, to a design, to our physics machine shop. Discover what we can do for you at the K-State Open House.

Our sculpture building event is this Saturday. Come and create with the Physics and Math Clubs at K-State Open House.

Looking for something fun to do tomorrow? Come and watch our physics demo show during #KState Open House. It's going to be explosive! We hope you'll join us for an incredible experience.

Join us Monday for an #eclipse viewing event on the Cardwell lawn from 12:30-3pm.
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