The Illinois State University Planetarium will present free shows in celebration of the Sugar Creek Arts Festival, July 9-10.
Free Planetarium shows during Sugar Creek Arts Festival
Unit: Physics
Texas Redbird nabs new teacher award
Award-winning teacher Joe Duda is one of 15 Illinois State alumni educators working in a Houston-area school district.
Cosmic Colors at the Planetarium through July 22
The Illinois State University Planetarium will present the family show Cosmic Colors, running May 18 through July 22.
ISU physics star receives prestigious National Science Foundation Research Fellowship
Illinois State senior Samantha Norris research on fundamental particle interactions with Illinois State Distinguished Physics Professors Rainer Grobe and Charles Su helped her land the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.
New video system enhances Planetarium shows
A new projection system is lighting up the Illinois State University Planetarium’s dome.
Complex networks subject of physics colloquium
Takashi Nishikawa, research associate professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Northwestern University, will talk about complex networks on April 5.
Superconductivity subject of physics colloquium
John Zasadzinski, a professor of physics at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), will present “Superconductivity in accelerator and particle physics” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in Moulton Hall, room 214.
The brain in space subject of physics colloquium
Zoltan Toroczkai, a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Notre Dame, will present “The Brain in Space” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, in Moulton Hall, room 214.
Cutting-edge laser research gets NSF support
The National Science Foundation has awarded another three-year, $300,000 grant to Distinguished Physics Professor Rainer Grobe and Distinguished Physics Professor Qichang Su for their laser research.
Quark gluon plasma subject of physics colloquium
David Hofman, chair of the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will present “A Frontier of Nuclear Physics: Studying the Quark Gluon Plasma” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, in Moulton Hall, room 214. The talk is part of the Spring 2016 Physics Colloquium.
