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Zuzanna Siwy, Physics & Astronomy Associate Professor at UC Irvine, has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, after nomination by the National Science Foundation.

UC Irvine cosmologist Jeff Cooke, along with his colleagues, have found two supernovae farther away than any previously detected by using a new technique that could help find other dying stars at the edge of the universe. (Read More...)

William Parker, chair of UCI's Department of Physics & Astronomy, has been awarded the UCI Medal for 2009. (Read More...)

Congratulations to award winning Physics & Astronomy faculty! Steve Barwick and Manoj Kaplinghat are recipients of the School of Physical Sciences Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, Michael Dennin, the Senate Council on Student Experience Award for Instructional Technology. They will receive their awards at the 16th annual Celebration of Teaching on Thursday, May 28, 2009, 4:30-6:00 p.m. at the University Club. A reception follows.

Physics student Caitlin Sikora choreographes Quantum Mechanics of Dance, featured in UCI Dance Department's "Physical Graffiti" - UCI undergraduate dance showcase.

Arnold Guerra was selected as the UCI Yearbook Outstanding Instructor from the School of Physical Sciences. He will be honored at the Outstanding Professor Awards event sponsored by Anthology (The UCI Yearbook) on May 20, 2009 at the Parkview Classroom Building room 1100 beginning at 6:00 PM.

Wlliam H. Parker, Professor and Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded the Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award. The awards ceremony will be held the UCI University Club on Thursday, December 4, 2008, at 7:00 p.m.
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Physics Prof. Zuzanna Siwy received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in recognition of her research and teaching accomplishments.

UCI Physics & Astronomy postdoctoral researchers Misty Bentz and Shelley Wright have received prestigious three-year Hubble Research Fellowships from the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Four faculty members (James Bullock, Doug Mills,
Henry Sobel, Steve White) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

UCI mentioned: In this EarthSky Clear Voices for Science podcast, Prof. Virginia Trimble speaks with EarthSky's Jorge Salazar.   Dr. Trimble is a world-renowned expert on the structure and evolution of stars, galaxies, and the universe. (Read More...)

Arnold Guerra III was recently awarded the The Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund's (HEEF) Apple of Gold Award for excellence in teaching and educational leadership.
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Web Exclusive: Steve Kroft of the CBS news show 60 Minutes gets a tour of the Large Hadron Collider and sees the inner workings of what some call the "Big Bang machine."
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World’s biggest physics tool debuts with UCI’s help. Congratulations to the UCI/LHC group for the first beam at CERN as seen by ATLAS. (Read More...)

Scientists discover minimum mass for galaxies - Breakthrough helps researchers better understand mysterious dark matter. (Read More...)

Researchers Conduct Breakthrough Fusion Simulation - a team of researchers from UCI, in conjunction with staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS), has just completed what it says is the largest run in fusion simulation history.   (Read More..)

UCI Astronomers discover galaxy cluster in early stage of formation - it is farthest ever identified.
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Grad Student. Brett Goldsmith has been awarded this year's W.B. Nottingham Prize at the Physical Electronics Conference of the American Vacuum Society   (Read More..)

Estate of Nobel laureate Frederick Reines donates $120,000 to Physics & Astronom at UCI.
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