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- Congratulations to Sarah Fisher, Recent Ph.D. RecipientOn Thursday April 18, 2022, the Department of Physics held a reception in honor of Sarah Fisher, who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled: “An investigation into nonstandard theories of gravity“. Dr. Fisher’s thesis was completed under the direction of Professor Eric Carlson.
- Welcome Candace Ring!The Department of Physics would like to welcome Candace Ring as our new Academic Coordinator. Candace earned her BS in physics at UNC Greensboro before working at Vanguard. We are very excited to have her join us!
- Prof Jurchescu brings first NSF Special Creativity award to WFUA team of researchers at Wake Forest University, the University of Kentucky and Princeton University have received a rare and coveted National Science Foundation Special Creativity extension for their current grant. This award allows the group to take on high-risk, high-reward opportunities in electronic materials. Physics professor Oana Jurchescu leads the Wake Forest effort… [Read …
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