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January

March

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March 11, 2015

Physics Demonstration Show

About 250 people attended the Lecture Demonstration Show on March 11, 2015 in Regener Hall. The live physics demonstrations illustrated basic principles in mechanics, optics, and electricity and magn…


April

Morgan-Tracy Wins Lecturer of the Year Award
April 13, 2015

Mark Morgan-Tracy

Congratulations to Mark Morgan-Tracy (again). After his promotion last week we just learned that he also won UNM's Lecturer of the Year Award. Well deserved, Mark.

Dr. Mark Morgan-Tracy is a 2002 phys…


Ottino Wins Goldwater Award
April 8, 2015

Greg Ottino

Sophomore physics major Greg Ottino has been selected as one of four New Mexico recipients of the 2015 Goldwater Scholarship. He is the first UNM student to receive the scholarship since 2009.

The Gol…


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April 7, 2015

Sally Seidel

Sally Seidel has been selected for a 2015-2016 U.S. Fulbright Scholar grant to Sri Lanka. During her residence at the University of Colombo, she will teach graduate and undergraduate physics, consult …


July

Deutsch selected as Regents' Professor
July 20, 2015

Ivan Deutsch
Congratulations to Professor Ivan Deutsch, who was selected as one of the three Regents' Professors in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Regents' Professor is a special title bestowed on selected senior …

August

October

Demo Night
October 15, 2015

Giant Newton's Cradle gets wheeled out
An enthusiastic audience was impressed by a fast-moving physics demonstration show at Wednesday, October 14th's Society for Physics Students Demo Show at Regener Auditorium. Although the imploding bar…

November

Open House
November 5, 2015

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Research Assistant Professor Alexander Albrecht explains surface physics to visiting high school students

Over 100 local high school students, parents, and teachers visited the Physics and Astronomy d…


December