Department News

APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics a success

 West Virginia University was chosen as a 2024 site institution.

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Koepke named chair-elect of American Physical Society's Gaseous Electronics Conference Professional Organization

Mark Koepke, Robert C. Byrd Professor of Physics in the WVU Department of Physics and Astronomy, was chosen as chair-elect of the American Physical Society's subdivision, the Gaseous Electronics Conference.

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Written in the stars: WVU astrophysicists set to receive Shaw Prize, the ‘Nobel of the East’

For Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin, working at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico set off a sequence of life events that would include marriage, children, finding a home at West Virginia University, an out-of-this-world scientific discovery and, now, earning a highly prestigious award described as the “Nobel Prize of the East.”

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WVU researcher works to fast-track traditional research methods for quantum discoveries

Decades-long searches for new quantum materials may now take much less time, according to a West Virginia University researcher who is speeding up the tedious process.

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WVU Interdisciplinary team will use Quantum 2.0 to advance neuroscience

Physicists, biologists and neuroscientists team up at West Virginia University (WVU) to develop entanglement-enhanced multiphoton imaging (EMFI) of neurons through a $2M National Science Foundation grant. The team will engage research students across three departments at WVU, extend the reach of an existing undergraduate neural imaging training facility and develop a cutting-edge summer school for quantum training. These activities will have a transformational impact on WVU being a key player in what is being called the “Quantum-2.0 revolution” that is applying the strangest aspects of the quantum world to modern technology. 


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WVU faculty, students contribute to cosmic breakthrough uncovering evidence of low-frequency gravitational waves

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – More than two dozen researchers with ties to West Virginia University have helped unearth evidence of ripples in space time that have never been observed before.

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Simulating WVU’s quantum future

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A West Virginia University researcher will lead a group of students in developing emerging quantum technologies, thanks to $598,000 in funding from the Department of Defense.

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WVU Astronomers Awarded Prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy

The 2023 Shaw Prize has been awarded to West Virginia University Professors, Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin, for the discovery of fast radio bursts (FRBs).

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Weichao Tu named 2022-23 Benedum Distinguished Scholar

Three exceptional faculty members at WVU have been named 2022-23 Benedum Distinguished Scholars in recognition of the high caliber of their research and scholarly activity. 

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WVU recognizes Paul Miller among the 2023 Foundation Outstanding Teaching Awards

Each spring, West Virginia University recognizes selected faculty members for their exceptional and innovative teaching. This year, the 2023 WVU Foundation Awards for Outstanding Teaching honor three faculty members:

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