Wanwei Wu has received a URA Visiting Scholar Award from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory to continue his work with Dr. Breese Quinn on the muon g-2 experiment.

The Dr. Lee N. Bolen Jr. Scholarship was awarded to Physics Undergraduate Student Samyukta Krishnamurthy at $500 per semester for a total of $1,000.

Dr. Bolen died on September 5, 2016.

Memorial contributions in Dr. Bolen’s memory may be made to the Lee N. Bolen, Jr. Scholarship Endowment for undergraduate students in the Department of Physics, The University of Mississippi Foundation, 406 University Avenue, Oxford, MS 38655.

Michael Turner, the Bruce V. and Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor of Physical Cosmology and director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, will discuss “Einstein’s Outrageous Universe: Gravitational Waves, Black Holes and the Big Bang” at the fall semester’s first meeting of the Oxford Science Café, September 13, 6 p.m., at Lusa Bakery Bistro and Bar, 1120 North Lamar Blvd, Oxford.

Turner’s appearance is part of the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureship Program of the American Astronomical Society, a program of two-day visits by professional astronomers who bring the excitement of modern astronomy and astrophysics to colleges of all types. Besides his Science Cafe presentation, he is scheduled to give a talk in the colloquium series of the Ole Miss physics department at 4 p.m. September 13 in Lewis Hall, Room 101.

Both events are free and open to the public. More information on Ole Miss News.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy welcomes new faculty members Dr. Philip Rodrigues and Dr. Likun Zhang. They will both join the department in fall 2016.

Dr. Rodrigues is a particle physicist specializing in neutrino physics.  Phil did his graduate training at Oxford University and post doctoral work at University of Rochester.   He is  presently engaged with work on the MINERVA experiment at Fermilab, which shared the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

Dr. Zhang’s research lies in the fields of fluid mechanics and acoustics. He did his graduate training at the Washington State University and post doctoral work at the University of Texas at Austin.  He combines experimental, computational, and theoretical approaches to conducting inter-disciplinary research at the interface of fluid dynamics and physical acoustics  with applications in the areas of biomedicine, energy, environment, and oceans.

Students who are interested in these new  research areas in our department  should contact the Department of Physics and Astronomy.