Meera Chandrasekhar, Curators’ Teaching Professor of Physics, has been selected as one of three finalists for Baylor University’s 2014 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. Presented to an individual [...]

Physics Professor Bahram Mashhoon is a 2013 recipient of the President’s Award for Sustained Excellence given by the University of Missouri System. The award recognizes faculty for distinguished career-long sustained [...]

Wouter Montfrooij, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is one of two recipients of the 2013 President’s Community Engagement Award given by the University of Missouri System. [...]

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is featured with a 5-minute video at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, March 18-22, 2013, as part of “APS TV: [...]

Assistant Professor Haojing Yan, an observational astronomer, has been working at MU since September 2011. His interest in the stars and galaxies began in third grade, which motivated him to [...]

Five physics majors describe their experience as undergraduates in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Sophomore Daniels Van Hoesen, and junior Nathan Frey describe their research experience while seniors Laura [...]

The Campus Writing Program recognized prof. Haskell Taub for his dedication to teaching writing intensive courses with a 2013 Writing Intensive Excellence Award. Here is what one student had to [...]

MU Deputy Chancellor Mike Middleton, Commerce Bank Chairman Jim Schatz, and a group of professors, administrators and staff surprised Speck during her class with the Kemper fellowship, which includes a [...]

MU currently has eight graduate students holding two-year traineeships funded by our grant from the IGERT program of the National Science Foundation for a project entitled, “Neutron Scattering for the [...]

Physics & Astronomy Professors Angela Speck and Shubhra Gangopadhyay are on the list of “50 Missourians You Should Know” of Ingram’s, Kansas City’s Business Magazine (March 2013). The magazine honors [...]

Nathan Frey, physics undergraduate major, will be traveling to the Missouri State Capitol in March to present his research to elected officials. His presentation will be on “Correcting Distortions to [...]