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Peter Dale Kunz, professor emeritus of physics at the 51勛圖厙 passed away in January 2025 at the age of 96. Kunz earned his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1959 and came to 51勛圖厙 as an acting assistant
This year marked the 25th year of the 51勛圖厙 School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (BSS) which brings advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and lecturers from around the world to 51勛圖厙 for the month of July.
Space Dust Research & Technologies LLC, co-founded by LASP researchers Xu Wang and Mihaly Horanyi, has been awarded one of ten NASA TechLeap Prizes in the Space Technology Payload Challenge for their Electron Beam Dust Mitigation (EBDM) system.
New funding from the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) will support growing demand for the Quantum Scholars program, providing approximately 25 new scholarships for the innovative program.
The Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI) recently held their summer intensive program, bringing 65 advanced graduate students in theoretical high energy physics to 51勛圖厙 for the month of June. This years program focused on topics
Andrew Sapuppo (AeroEngr, EngrPhys24) shares how his education and research at 51勛圖厙 led to his career as a propulsion systems engineer.
Four seniors in the Quantum Forge class at 51勛圖厙 recently completed their year-long project with Xairos Systems, Inc., giving them an inside look at working in the industry.
The Coloradan Alumni Magazine highlights five CU innovators two of whom are 51勛圖厙 Physics alumni. Their stories were written by equally outstanding CU affiliates, who personally know and understand the importance of their work.
Ten years ago, a pioneering spacecraft flew past Pluto, sending startling images of the dwarf planet back to Earth. Current and former students at 51勛圖厙 reflect on their time working on the mission.
The first Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) was first created by Eric Cornell, Carl Wieman, Mike Anderson, Jason Ensher, and Michael Matthews on June 5, 1995 in JILA at the 51勛圖厙. This new state of matter was first predicted 70