Skip to main content

News and Media

Open Main MenuClose Main Menu
OSU to host U.S. Physicists’ Tournament Dec. 18-19

Wed, Dec 13, 2023

The Oklahoma State University Department of Physics is hosting the U.S. Physicists’ Tournament in Stillwater on Dec. 18 and 19. An interdisciplinary OSU team will be competing against the University of Arizona to advance.

CASPhysicsCollege of Arts and SciencesDepartment of Physics
CAS associate dean Borunda named American Physical Society fellow

Thu, Oct 26, 2023

On Oct. 19, the American Physical Society announced its newest cohort of fellowship recipients. Among them was Oklahoma State University physics associate professor Dr. Mario Borunda. Borunda, who serves as an associate dean and senior inclusion officer for the College of Arts and Sciences, is one of just 10 APS fellows ever selected from OSU.

CASDepartment of PhysicsCollege of Arts and SciencesPhysics
OSU Department of Physics aims to resurrect Mendenhall Observatory

Mon, Nov 21, 2022

The Department of Physics is raising funds to restore Oklahoma State University’s Mendenhall Observatory, which is currently nonoperational and requires updating the telescope control system. Located just southwest of OSU’s Stillwater campus, the observatory houses the largest telescope in the state.

CASPhysicsMendenhall ObservatoryCollege of Arts and SciencesDepartment of Physics
OSU physics professor and students develop technology to test radiation in space

Mon, Oct 17, 2022

Around 100 kilometers above the Earth, outer space starts. And right on that edge — called the Kármán line — is where a growing interest in space tourism and a need for new research is beginning. On that edge is also where a team of researchers at Oklahoma State University is focusing to understand how radiation works in the atmosphere and its impact on technology and people. Dr. Eric Benton, a radiation physicist at OSU’s College of Arts and Sciences, is leading the research with his team at OSU and has a radiation detector set to fly on a Blue Origin rocket in 2023.

PhysicsCollege of Arts and SciencesConnect magazineMagazineCAS
Dark matter: OSU Department of Physics alumnus' and doctoral student’s research celebrated

Fri, Sep 02, 2022

Dr. Sudip Jana, an OSU physics doctoral alumnus and postdoctoral theoretical physics researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Germany, and Vishnu P.K., a current doctoral student in physics at OSU, along with two other collaborators had their research accepted for publication in Physics Review Letters.

CAS researchCASCollege of Arts and SciencesPhysics
OSU Department of Physics remains at the forefront for radiation research in space travel

Tue, Mar 15, 2022

The Venture One building is home to the Oklahoma State University Department of Physics. Its few markings leave the imagination to wonder what goes on behind its cool exterior, however it is a hub of research and an institute of space and air innovations.

spaceradiationPhysicsThe Innovation Foundation at OSU
Three CAS students featured at Research Day at the Capitol

Tue, May 04, 2021

Oklahoma legislators got a glimpse of the College of Arts and Sciences’ academic talent in March through three undergraduate researchers. Aaron Austin, Sierra Posey and Sam Kauffman were invited to present their work at the Research Day at the Capitol in Oklahoma City, which is sponsored by Oklahoma’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the National Science Foundation.

ResearchPhysicsPhilosophyScience and TechnologyComputer ScienceHuman Health and WellnessOutreach and EngagementCollege of Arts and SciencesDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsMathematics
Students win awards at CAS Three Minute Thesis Finals

Mon, Nov 18, 2019

After 32 College of Arts and Sciences graduate students competed in the preliminary rounds and 13 advanced to the championship round, four impressed the judges enough to win awards during the college’s Three Minute Thesis Finals on Oct. 30. Ph.D. students Benjamin Nelson (Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) and Erin Wood (Department of Psychology) tied for the win, with each receiving a $300 prize. Wood also earned an additional $300 as the People’s Choice Award winner. Sarah Elzay, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Integrative Biology, placed second and received $200. Meagan Bourne, a master’s student in the Department of Political Science, placed third to earn $100.

ResearchSchool of Media and Strategic CommunicationsPsychologyAnimal Health and SciencesScience and TechnologyPolitical ScienceFood Land and Natural ResourcesHuman Health and WellnessDepartment of BiologyMathematicsPhysicsHighlightDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsCollege of Arts and Sciences
MENUCLOSE