Stories about "Physics and Astronomy"
Meet new ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ faculty from physics and astronomy, classical and medieval studies, and mathematics

Thursday, October 2, 2025 3:51 pm

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college in the course of the 2025-2026 academic year. ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ News will introduce them in groups over this semester.

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Night: Astronomy Extravaganza

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 12:48 pm

Students "spread the excitement" to local schoolchildren at the annual Astronomy Extravaganza.

During Reunion, an artist thanks a machinist

Thursday, October 5, 2017 4:23 pm

How machinist Peter Beach helped an art student's thesis stand out.

Jeffrey Kenney
Astronomer to bring complexities of galactic interaction down to earth in talk

Monday, November 7, 2011 1:57 pm

Jeffrey Kenney '80, an astronomy professor at Yale University, discusses interactions within galactic clusters Nov. 10 in a talk intended for a mainstream audience.

Video: NASA profile of Petro '01 reveals influence of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ mentor

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 3:23 pm

"Also at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Petro met Professor Gene Clough, Lecturer in Geology and Physics, who became his dear friend, advisor, role model and tour guide as he delved into planetary geology."

Physics highlights Lundblad’s work to solve ‘annoying situation’

Thursday, April 1, 2010 1:34 pm

The journal Physics highlights ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ physicist Nathan Lundblad‘s efforts, with colleagues, to…

Cold calculations fuel rare Defense Department grant for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½

Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:19 pm

Assistant Professor of Physics Nathan Lundblad is the first member of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College faculty to receive a Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) grant from the U.S. Department of Defense. Sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the grant is for $388,088 over three years. It will fund Lundblad's research into atomic activity at ultralow temperatures.

Distinguished astronomer R. Bruce Partridge to speak

Friday, May 7, 2004 10:34 am

Astronomer R. Bruce Partridge visits ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College to give a lecture titled "Photographing the Big Bang" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 10, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Avenue.

Distinguished astronomer R. Bruce Partridge to speak at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College

Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:51 pm

Astronomer R. Bruce Partridge visits ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College to give a lecture titled "Photographing the Big Bang" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 10, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Avenue.

Mashpee student makes stellar discoveries

Tuesday, December 14, 1999 12:00 am

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College senior Alicia Soderberg of Mashpee, Mass., has identified nine new supernovae -- including the most distant one found to date -- as part of a National Science Foundation program that provides undergraduates with hands-on research experience.