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Anya Nugent '18 is participating in the Berkeley Lab Undergraduate Research (BLUR) program to study galaxy clustering. The Department of Energy featured this story on its website.
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Chemical physics major Clare Munroe '18 is spending six weeks in Berlin studying at one of the world's most prestigious research institutions.
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Professor of Physics Emeritus Phil Pearle recently published two papers in Physical Review A, a publication of the American Physical Society.
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With the migration of hundreds of college students off the Hamilton campus, way has been made for a younger, more energetic, crowd. On Wednesday, June 7, and Thursday, June 8, third-graders from Hughes Elementary School, and Clinton Elementary School, respectively, visited the Taylor Science Center. As part of ongoing outreach with local public schools, faculty from the psychology, chemistry, physics, biology and geosciences departments hosted approximately 80 students per day, packing a variety of scientific disciplines into four interactive, 30-minute long seminars.
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Hamilton's highest awards for teaching were presented to four faculty members during the annual Class & Charter Day ceremony on May 8.
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While Hamilton students are on spring break, science faculty opened their labs to welcome third graders from Myles Elementary School in New Hartford for some hands-on learning.
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Assistant Professors of Physics Viva Horowitz and Kristen Burson presented papers at the American Physical Society (APS) meeting held March 13th to 17th in New Orleans.
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In a Guardian article titled "Paintings reveal early signs of cognitive decline, claims study," Assistant Professor of Physics Kate Brown firmly disagreed with the researcher’s findings. In her 2006 paper published by the journal Nature, Brown debunked a previous theory that fractal analysis could be used to authenticate Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings.
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“Interactions and Inequality” by Philip Pearle, professor of physics emeritus, was published as a chapter in Quantum Nonlocality and Reality, 50 years of Bell’s Theorem.
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“Most of us this time of year are wrapped up in survival, so thank you for forcing me to think about why I am here.” So began Professor of Physics Gordon Jones’ “Why I Teach” presentation.
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