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• Dr. Roger Chang receives the 2008 Faculty Appreciation Day Students' Choice Award for Faculty Member of the Year (April 10, 2008)

• Prof. Joseph Polchinski of KITP Santa Barbara presents Sowers Distinguished Lecture: “Beyond Einstein: String Theory and the Puzzles of Quantum Gravity” (April 4, 2008)

• Prof. Nahum Arav presents public lecture on Paranormal Phenomena (March 26, 2008)

• “Professor to explore the Paranormal Universe” (Planet Blacksburg, March 25, 2008)

• The Belle experiment observes a difference in direct CP-asymmetry between charged and neutral B meson decays (KEK Press Release, March 21, 2008)

• Belle Collaboration publishes new results on CP violation in the decay of B mesons (March 20, 2008)

• Profs. Raghavan, Vogelaar, and Link featured on the VT Homepage "Spotlight on Innovation: Everything under the Sun" (March 17, 2008)

• Physicists and engineers search for new dimension (March 17, 2008)

• Fun With Physics draws crowd of all ages at Northern Virginia Center (March 17, 2008)

• Prof. John Simonetti presents talk titled “Life in the Universe” to the SPS (March 13, 2008)

• Physics Department hosts Alumni Reunion at the APS March Meeting in New Orleans, LA (March 11, 2008)

• “Theory of neutrinos: a white paper” (section 14 coauthored by Prof. Takeuchi) selected as one of the Reports on Progress in Physics Highlights of 2007 (March 9, 2008)

• Profs. Michel Pleimling and Tatsu Takeuchi honored at VT Authors Day 2008 (February 28, 2008)

• Physics Department hosts Open House as part of "Preview Weekend" for prospective graduate students (February 23, 2008)

• Prof. Royce Zia presents his talk "What is Physics - A Personal Perspective" to the SPS (February 21, 2008)

• Prof. Royce Zia presents talk at the Graduate Life Center titled "What is Physics - A Personal Perspective" (February 15, 2008)

• Virginia Tech Research magazine features preventing natural disasters, discovering how the sun works, designing modern kitchens (February 14, 2008)

• Prof. Simonetti's research featured in NewScientistSpace:
  “Exploding black holes could expose hidden dimensions” (February 5, 2008)

• Prof. Uwe Täuber recognized as “Outstanding Referee” by the American Physical Society (February 4, 2008)

• Prof. Simonetti's research featured in Nature News:
  “Astronomers look for exploding black holes” (February 1, 2008)

• Scientists at Virginia Tech explore the heart of the sun... and other deep mysteries (January 17, 2008)

• Prof. Royce Zia featured in VT Scholar of the Week (January 1-7, 2008)

• Prof. John Simonetti and Jessica Gorzo interviewed by Collegiate Times regarding Comet Holmes (November 16, 2007)

• Congratulations to Prof. Marvin Blecher, First-Time Grandfather! (November 2, 2007)

• Virginia Tech hosts the 2007 SPS Zone 4 Meeting (October 20, 2007)

• MacArthur Fellow Dr. Jeffrey Weeks presents public lecture on "The Shape of Space" (Oct. 19, 2007)

• Prof. Jonathan Link's interview broadcast on radio during half time of Football Game against Duke (Oct. 13, 2007)

• Prof. Marvin Blecher interviewed by American Public Media for the Weekend America Program titled "Memories of Sputnik." See slide 11 of the slideshow. (Oct. 6, 2007)

• Prof. Beate Schmittmann receives the 2007 Advancing Women Award from the Virginia Tech Women's Center (September 19, 2007)

• Researchers detect low-energy neutrinos and probe energy production in the center of the sun (Sept. 3, 2007)

• The Borexino Solar Neutrino Experiment announces its first results (August 20, 2007)

• Virginia Tech Physics Undergraduate David Adams publishes in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters (July 15, 2007)

• Brian J. Skinner awarded 2007 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (May 11, 2007)

• Saif Rayyan interviewed by the Graduate School as the Featured Graduate Student of May 2007 (May 09, 2007)

• The MiniBooNE Experiment resolves long-standing neutrino question (April 11, 2007)

• Sandor Benczik receives Sigma Xi Ph.D. Research Award for his work on the minimal length uncertainty relation (April 11, 2007)

• David A. Adams receives Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award for his work on non-equilibrium statistical physics (April 11, 2007)

• Prof. John Simonetti presents talk on Dark Energy & Dark Matter at the Graduate Life Center (April 6, 2007)

• Austin Amaya receives the 2007 COS Outstanding Masters Student Award (March 29, 2007)

• Chinese translation of Prof. Tatsu Takeuchi's Relativity Book published in Taiwan (March 29, 2007)

• Prof. Giti Khodaparast's paper chosen for inclusion in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (JPCM) Top Papers 2006 Showcase

• The Physics Department hosts Alumni Reunion at the APS March Meeting (March 6, 2007)

• The Physics Department hosts Preview Weekend for prospective graduate students (February 17, 2007)

• 41 Physics majors make Fall 2006 Dean's List (February 2, 2007)

• Prof. Giti Khodaparast awarded U.S. Air Force scientific research award (January 11, 2007)

• Prof. Royce Zia named Fellow of the American Physical Society (Jan. 5, 2007)

• Prof. Randy Heflin featured in VT Scholar of the Week (Dec. 11-17, 2006)

• Sandor Benczik interviewed by the Graduate School as the Featured Graduate Student of November 2006

• Tech's female physics professors buck national trend (Roanoke Times, October 29, 2006)

• Dr. Beate Schmittmann to be new head of Tech's Physics Department (Collegiate Times, October 20, 2006)

• Prof. Beate Schmittmann to lead physics department (October 18, 2006)

• The Physics Department hosts Mini-Workshop on Low Energy Solar Neutrinos and LENS (October 14/15, 2006)

• The Physics Department and the College of Science host the Zallen Symposium, in honor of the retirement of Dr. Richard Zallen, on Friday, August 18, 2006.

• Prof. Uwe Täuber featured in VT Scholar of the Week (July 24-30, 2006)

• Prof. John Simonetti featured in VT Scholar of the Week (May 8-14, 2006)

• Juliette Mammei awarded the SURA/Jefferson Lab Graduate Fellowship for the 2006/2007 academic year (May 4, 2006)

• Prof. Leo Piilonen presents talk at the SPS Zone 4 Meeting 2006 at VMI on “Uranium Enrichment and Iran” (April 29, 2006)

• Profs. Heflin, Minic, and Takeuchi honored at VT Authors' Day 2006 (April 29, 2006)

• Brian J. Skinner, a junior double majoring in Physics and Mechanical Engineering, receives the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for 2006 (April 17, 2006)

• Debabrata Mohapatra receives the Sigma Xi Research Award for Ph.D. Degree Candidates for his role in the discovery of the process b→d+γ at the Belle experiment (April 12, 2006)

• Prof. Richard Zallen honored with emeritus status (March 31, 2006)

• Dr. Carter White of the Naval Research Laboratory (Class of '71) receives the 2005 Hillebrand Prize from the Chemical Society of Washington (March 28, 2006)

• Prof. Khodaparast presents lecture at the Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology (February 14, 2006)

• Prof. Leo Piilonen featured in VT Scholar of the Week (Feb. 6, 2006 - Feb. 12, 2006)

• Prof. Djordje Minic presents talk at the Graduate Life Center titled "What is String Theory?" (February 3, 2006)

• Prof. Dick Zallen's exhibit of line drawings and illustrations titled "The Aesthetics of Physics: Patterns from the Physics of Solids" displayed at the Wallace Hall Gallery, January 17 to February 3, 2006

• David Erickson and Brian Skinner receive the College of Science David and Ruth Henderson Scholarship

• Melissa Harnist receives the College of Science Leonard and Melva Harris Scholarship

• Annalisa Pawlosky receives the College of Science Dean's Scholarship

• 34 Physics Majors make College of Science Dean's List of the Fall 2005 semester
  • 22 Physics Majors make College of Science Dean's List of the Spring 2005 semester
  • Dr. Carter White of the Naval Research Laboratory (Class of '71) receives E. O. Hulburt Award for his research in Nanoscience (November 28, 2005).
    Dr. White was also the winner of the 1996 Sigma Xi Pure Science Award.
  • Prof. Beate Schmittmann featured in VT Scholar of the Week (Nov. 28, 2005 - Dec. 4, 2005)
  • Prof. Raju Raghavan presents a World Year of Physics Public Lecture titled "How does the Sun Shine?" (November 16, 2005)
  • The World Year of Physics Celebration continues with a Special Colloquium by Prof. David Reitze of the University of Florida. (October 28, 2005)

• Prof. Djordje Minic's new book on Einstein's Miraculous Year published in Serbia. (October, 2005)

• Prof. Simonetti, together with Profs. Ellingson and Patterson of ECE, receives NSF grant to construct new radio telescope in North Carolina. (September 20, 2005)

• Prof. Mildred S. Dresselhaus of MIT presents an AdvanceVT Distinguished Lecture on Friday, September 16 as part of The World Year of Physics celebration. (September 16, 2005)

• Prof. Tatsu Takeuchi's new book on Special Relativity published from Iwanami Shoten in Japan. (September 13, 2005)

• Prof. Mark Pitt's research at Jefferson Lab featured in The Economist magazine. (September 1, 2005)

• Prof. Beate Schmittmann's research featured on the System X website.

• Virginia Tech receives highly competitive IGERT grant. (August 25, 2005)

• Science Experiments will go forward at Kimballton Mine. (July 28, 2005)

• Prof. Leo Piilonen's group at Belle discovers b→dγ (July 1, 2005)

• Prof. John Simonetti featured in the public-radio program "With Good Reason" on Sunday, June 19 at 1:30pm, and on Wednesday, June 22, at 7:30pm.

• Prof. Mark Pitt featured in VT Scholar of the Week (May 30, 2005 - June 5, 2005)

• Annalisa Pawlosky, a rising Senior, is awarded an SPS Leadership Scholarship by the National SPS office

• Prof. Rahul Kulkarni wins Ralph E. Powe Award (May 20, 2005)

• David Erickson, a junior double majoring in Physics and Mathematics, receives the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for 2005 (April 27, 2005)

• Dr. Roger Chang honored at the Student Alumni Associates' Faculty Appreciation Day (April 15, 2005)

• Prof. Rahul Kulkarni wins ASPIRES award (April 12, 2005)

• Prof. Giti Khodaparast is awarded AdvanceVT's 2005 Research Seed Grant (March 24, 2005)

• Professor Beate Schmittmann elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (December 20, 2004)

• Virginia Tech proposes national lab in Giles County (October 25, 2004)

• Dr. Vishnu Jejjala, Prof. Djordje Minic, and Prof. Chia Tze receive Honorable Mention in the 2004 Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition for their paper "Toward a background independent quantum theory of gravity".
  Dr. Vishnu Jejjala and Prof. Djordje Minic were also the Fourth place winners of the 2003 Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition for their paper "Deconstructing the Cosmological Constant", which they wrote with Prof. Robert Leigh of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

• Prof. Brian K. Dennison honored as professor emeritus (August 23, 2004)
• Prof. John J. Broderick honored as professor emeritus (August 23, 2004)
• Prof. John R. Ficenec honored as professor emeritus (July 14, 2004)

• Prof. Rahul Kulkarni's research on quorum sensing highlighted in Cell (July 9, 2004)

• Prof. Randy Heflin's new book "Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Technology" is published from Springer (June 30, 2004).

• Dr. Roger Chang awarded "Faculty Member of the Year" by Student Alumni Associates (Collegiate Times, April 21, 2004)

• Science of mad-cow disease among symposium topics at Virginia Tech (March 3, 2004)

• Unusual Subatomic Particle Discovered (November 21, 2003)
• Physics wins University Exemplary Department Award (November 3, 2003)
• Physics Students rack up NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (May 6, 2003)
• Beth Reid wins Outstanding Senior Award (April 4, 2003)
• Prof. Lay Nam Chang named Dean of the College of Science (February 28, 2003)