May 2008
- Theoretical Astrophysics undergraduate student Tim Linden has been given the award for Outstanding Senior Thesis in Physics and Astronomy.
December 2007
- Theoretical Astrophysics graduate student Tassos Fragkos has won a Northwestern University Presidential Fellowship. This award is highly competitive and is the most prestigious fellowship awarded by Northwestern University.
October 2007
- Physics major Julia Fang has been awarded a NASA MUST scholarship. This scholarship, of which only 100 are awarded each year, is designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In addition to tuition support this scholarship includes a paid summer internship at a NASA center of Julia's choice. Julia, a junior, is currently working with Professor Dave Meyer on studying small-scale structure in the galactic interstellar medium using data from the Hubble Space Telescope.
- Professor Vicky Kalogera is the winner of the 2008 Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award. The award is given by the American Physical Society to recognize outstanding achievement by a woman physicist in the early years of her career, and to provide opportunities for her to present these achievements to others through public lectures in the spirit of Maria Goeppert-Mayer. The award consists of $2,500 plus a $4,000 travel allowance to provide opportunities for the recipient to give lectures at four institutions and at the annual meeting of the Society.