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News & Events

Recent news and updates from the UND Department of Physics & Astrophysics.

Dark Energy

The Dark Energy Survey, which Dr. Barkhouse is part of, has released its first major cosmology results showing the structure of dark matter in the universe.

UND Provost Postdoctoral Presentation Award

Dr. Soumya Banerjee, a postdoc with Dr. Öncel, won this award at the recently held Annual Conference of the North Dakota Academy of Sciences.

Book 

Dr. William Schwalm has published a new book, "Lectures on Selected Topics in Mathematical Physics: Elliptic Functions and Elliptic Integrals," with accompanying video lectures.    

New Faces

The Department takes pleasure in welcoming new faculty member Dr. Deniz Çakır and postdoctoral researcher Dr. Soumya Banerjee.

Recent Grants/Awards

ND NASA EPSCoR has funded a proposal by Dr. Wayne Barkhouse , "Utilizing NASA Space Telescopes to Uncover Secrets of Galaxy Evolution," for $55,471.

Dr. Öncel's group received EPSCoR grant to purchase X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy system.

Dr. Wayne Barkhouse received a Theodore Dunham, Jr. Fund for Astrophysical Research, Inc. grant to upgrade computer equipment.

Dwarf Galaxies  

Barkhouse's student Haylee Archer is featured on UND News.

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Four from UND honored in national scholarship competitions
Four from UND honored in national scholarship competitions
Awards recognize students' academic achievements, leadership skills and career promise
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