May 22, 2013
Retiring Faculty Elected to Emeritus Status
Retiring faculty members Thomas H. Bruggink, professor of economics; James E. Lennertz, associate professor of government and law; Anthony D. Novaco, Marshall…
Physics
Apr 15, 2013
Hannah Weaver ’14 Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
By Shehtaz Huq ’14 Physics major Hannah Weaver ’14 (Whitefish, Mont.) has earned distinction as a recipient of a Goldwater Scholarship. Awarded for academic…
Nov 30, 2012
Student-Faculty Team Researches Effects of Gravitational Waves on Pulsars
David Nice, associate professor of physics, and a team of students are bringing the role of gravitational waves—ripples in space-time generated by very…
May 15, 2012
Jaclyn Avidon ’12 Presents Research at International Planetary Science Conference
By Michele Tallarita ’12 Jaclyn Avidon ’12 (New York, N.Y.) has interned with NASA, done EXCEL Scholars research on the surface temperature of Jupiter’s…
Mar 19, 2012
The Music of the Cosmos: Michael Pinkard ’14 is an Aspiring Physicist and Jazz Musician
Here on Earth, Michael Pinkard ’14 (Puyallup, Wash.) is part student physicist and part jazz musician. With his tenor sax in hand, Pinkard—a Creative…
Jul 8, 2011
Icy Research: Jaclyn Avidon ’12 Studies Geologic Development of Moons at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in California
By Michele Tallarita ’12 In the depths of outer space millions of miles from Earth, Jupiter and its many moons make their slow turn around the sun. …
May 13, 2011
Professor David Nice’s Research Expands Knowledge of the Universe
For David Nice, associate professor of physics, passion for his field came naturally. “I’ve always been interested in how things work and physics is…
Apr 1, 2011
Contemporary Music Ensemble Brings Together Diverse Talents of Students and Faculty in Creative Collaboration
When the Contemporary Music Ensemble took the stage for its debut concert this March, it was the product of the innovative vision of its director, Kirk…
Mar 23, 2011
James Winebrake ’89 Links Liberal Arts and Technology as Scholar and Dean at RIT
By Samuel T. Clover ’91 With an international reputation for research on alternative fuels, emissions control, and the environmental impact of global…
Feb 11, 2011
Hugel Science Center Provides the Facilities for Chemistry and Physics Students to Excel
Hugel Science Center, which opened in January 2001 after an extensive renovation of the former Olin Hall, houses Lafayette’s chemistry and physics departments…