Wayne State Physics and Astronomy

Official Twitter account for the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

[Wayne State College of Liberal Arts and Sciences @WayneStateCLAS]

Big moves!🔭@WayneState's Dan Zowada Memorial Observatory has relocated from New Mexico to Palomar Mountain in California, promising uninterrupted stargazing and new community engagement opportunities. @waynestatephys
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Prof Llope talks about the physics of Belle Isle's giant slide: https://t.co/PsLFcHq0Gs

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Kristen Dage, a NASA Hubble Fellow in our department has been doing fantastic things getting Henry Ford College students involved in research https://t.co/KKRSouHZlR

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Prof. @ecackett and Prof. @rmludlam took some students from our Astronomical Techniques class to @PWInstruments to see how they make their world-class telescopes! Our own Zowada Observatory is a 20-inch Planewave telescope.

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We hosted a fantastic Graduate Research Day yesterday - thanks to the student organizers and presenters and to @PresidentEspy and @WayneStateCLAS Assoc. Deans for coming and talking with the students

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Did you see the eclipse today? Thanks to Dr. Matt Gonderinger and team for providing folks on campus a view of the eclipse through solar telescopes!

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Congratulations to our undergraduate majors who were inducted into Sigma Pi Sigma, the Physics & Astronomy honors society, today!

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Learn how best to view the upcoming solar eclipse from astronomer & Dept. Chair Prof. Cackett https://t.co/FKLhaDncmd

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Our very own Prof. @ecackett spoke to the @freep about the solar eclipse which is happening in a couple of weeks https://t.co/E4jk63rXyn

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Congratulations to Assistant Professor Mindy Huang on winning a @WayneStateCLAS Teaching Award https://t.co/ZbRx01nWJm

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Prof. Cackett collaborated with @TNDWAYNE to talk about the science behind the play Silent Sky.

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We're very excited to welcome Dr. Dage to our department! https://t.co/o2LZxRQCIG

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Enjoyable 'Welcome Back' picnic yesterday to see in the new semester

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Today is @waynestate Giving Day and we are asking donors to support our Prof. Gavin Lawes Endowed Scholarship. Select this designated fund to support our department students and commemorate our late outstanding colleague. Thank you! https://t.co/D2t6nVbSOe

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More about triple alumnus Jim Kaskas's generous donation to our department: https://t.co/zYUKEAQ7nn

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We hosted a wonderful event yesterday to honor alum Jim Kaskas whose generous giving is making a big difference supporting students and research in our department.

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Assistant Professor Renee Ludlam is the recipient of the American Astronomical Society's 2023 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize!!! Dr. Ludlam received this award for her novel explorations of the relativistic universe that have revealed fundamental properties of neutron stars. #physics

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The annual Wayne State University Scholarship Application period is open until March 1. Applicants will be considered for several scholarships. Apply today! https://t.co/4FkpHeHFlK
#scholarship #physics #stem #college #undergrad #undergraduate #graduate #waynestate

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Join us for our first seminar of the new year, led by Dr. John Lajole of Iowa State University. Dr. Lajole is a current committee member on ePIC - the first detector to be built at the future EIC.
#waynestate #waynestateuniversity #detroit #warriors #stem #physics #science #stem

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Join Wayne State Professor Shah tomorrow at Michigan Science Center as she gives a talk on Particle Physics!! #waynestate #Physics #STEM #Science #Engineering #particlephysics #math #education #Detroit