The Department of Physics and Astronomy


·	Bruce Carney elected Chair of AURA Board
·	Two grad students win dissertation fellowships
·	Hugon Karwowski wins Johnston Teaching Excellence Award
·	Three graduate students from the nuclear group to give talks at APS Spring Meeting
·	UNC graduate Rachel Rosen wins Graduate Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award
·	Department launches UNC-BEST program to train physics majors tobe high school physics teachers
·	Research by graduate student Adrian Serohijos identifies mechanism that may account for the development of cystic fibrosis
·	Six physics majors inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
·	Sean Washburn named Outstanding Referee
·	Paul Frampton's research on black holes discussed in New Scientist
·	Laura Mersini-Houghton meets with Albanian Prime Minister; they discuss cosmology and improvement of education in Albania
·	Laurie McNeil named WOWS Scholar as part of Working on Women in Science initiative
·	Physics students Lauren Hartle and Philip Howard featured in alumni magazine article about undergraduate research
·	Laura Mersini-Houghton's research on cosmology featured on the cover of New Scientist magazine
·	Graduate student Brian Collins wins award at conference

Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
UNC- Chapel Hill
CB 3255,Phillips Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255
Phone: (919) 962-2078
Fax: (919) 962-0480