Information about the 2012-13 Senior Research Symposium in the Colgate University Department of Physics and Astronomy.
SHARE 
Physics and Astronomy News
Latest Posts
From lab to lecture, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tours Colgate
By Contributing Writer on February 26, 2013This story was originally posted to the Colgate University news site by Daniel Devries.
Neil deGrasse Tyson (lower left) visits Colgate’s Ho Tung Visualization Lab. (Photo by Andy Daddio)
Seeing Neil deGrasse Tyson deliver an exuberant lecture to a standing-room crowd at Memorial Chapel is an amazing experience, and hundreds of students took advantage of that Monday night. Now imagine being a physics or astronomy major with the opportunity to share your research with the acclaimed astrophysicist.
SHARE
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to speak at Memorial Chapel on February 25
By Contributing Writer on February 12, 2013This story was originally posted to the Colgate University news site by Tim O’Keeffe.
Neil deGrasse Tyson will be at Colgate February 25.
Acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will speak at Colgate’s Memorial Chapel at 7 p.m. Monday, February 25.
Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. He is a highly regarded spokesman for science through his numerous books and TV programs, and he has received the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by NASA.
His talk at the Chapel will be on “Ten Things You Should Know about the Universe,” and a book-signing reception will follow at the Ho Science Center.
SHARE
Turns out, luckily for all of us, Professor Aveni was absolutely right
By Contributing Writer on December 21, 2012This story was originally posted to the Colgate University news site by Tim O’Keeffe.
Anthony Aveni serves in the departments of physics and astronomy and in sociology and anthropology at Colgate, where he has taught since 1963.
Whew. It’s not the end of the world after all.
If you delayed gift shopping because you thought it would be a waste of time, if you called in sick all week to knock off some items on your bucket list, if you are wishing the world would end today because you celebrated too hard at an End of the World party last night, well, you should have been following what Colgate Professor Anthony Aveni has been saying all along: The Mayans never actually said the world would end on Dec. 21. It’s just the end of their calendar and the beginning of a new one.
While it’s made for entertaining chatter on the web, generated some buzz for a bad movie (John Cusack’s 2012), and filled a lot of TV time, we’re still here. Just like Aveni said.
SHARE
Colgate professor awarded observing time on Hubble Space Telescope
By Contributing Writer on October 16, 2012This story was originally posted to the Colgate University news site by Katie Rice ’13.
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990. (Photo courtesy of NASA)
Securing observing time on the Hubble Space Telescope is a highly desirable and extremely competitive process for astronomers. There are hundreds more projects submitted than can be accommodated, and the selection criteria is stringent.
Colgate astronomy professor Jeff Bary and collaborator Tracy Beck of the Space Telescope Science Institute, though, were recently awarded 12 orbits, or about 9 hours worth of observing time, to collect data for their investigations into the formation of binary stars that might eventually host their own planetary systems. Read more
SHARE
Astronomy Research – Summer 2012
By Contributing Writer on August 30, 2012Undergraduate students in Colgate University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy participated in high level research in collaboration with faculty members both on and off campus.
SHARE
Physics Research – Summer 2012
By Contributing Writer on August 30, 2012Undergraduate students in Colgate University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy participated in high level research in collaboration with faculty members both on and off campus.
SHARE
Visualization Lab Research – Summer 2012
By Contributing Writer on August 13, 2012The Ho Tung Visualization Laboratory is a state-of-the-art 55-seat digital theater at Colgate University. It has the ability to display the sky showing planets, constellations, and other astronomical objects as well as immerse the audience in a full-dome experience like no other. During the summer of 2012, several Colgate students worked with Senior Visualization Lab/Planetarium Designer and Technician Joe Eakin on a variety of academic projects:
SHARE
Taking quantum mechanics beyond theory
By Contributing Writer on August 13, 2012This story was originally posted to the Colgate University news site by Barbara Brooks.
Professor Galvez’s photon quantum mechanics lab is transforming physics education.
While physicists consider the century-old theory of quantum mechanics to be the most successful physical theory ever invented, they have spent the past several decades figuring out the best way to teach it.
Colgate’s Professor Enrique “Kiko” Galvez is at the forefront of a paradigm shift in the way quantum mechanics is taught. Read more
SHARE
The Higgs boson Colgate connection
By Contributing Writer on July 8, 2012This story was originally posted to the Colgate University news site by Matt Hames.
Ho Science Center at Colgate University
Last week, scientists discovered what might be a fundamental particle called the Higgs boson (a k a The God Particle).
Colgate alumnus Ben Cerio ’07, currently a research assistant at Duke University, was part of this exciting discovery. Read more
SHARE