Fri, Dec 15, 2023

Dr. Eric Benton and Ph.D. student Tristen Lee from Oklahoma State University’s Department of Physics within the College of Arts and Sciences have been waiting years for the news they received in November: their radiation detector was safely installed on the International Space Station and had begun transmitting large batches of data back to Earth.

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.

Fri, Dec 08, 2023

Several College of Arts and Sciences faculty, staff and administrators were recognized for their contributions during the 2023 University Awards Convocation held Monday, Dec. 4, on OSU’s Stillwater campus. In total, the college received 19 awards.

Tue, Dec 05, 2023

Jared Austin-Harris, an Oklahoma State University Department of Physics Ph.D. candidate, has been named an Honorary Commencement Marshal for OSU’s fall 2023 graduate commencement ceremony. Austin-Harris is one of four graduate students selected for the role.

Tue, Nov 07, 2023

Five faculty members from the Oklahoma State University Department of Physics have been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund the research project “Theoretical and Experimental Research in Weak, Electromagnetic and Strong Interaction.”

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.

Wed, Jun 28, 2023

The Oklahoma State University Beckman Scholars Program (BSP) has selected College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate students Adriahna Blackburn and Nina Parvin to be the first scholars in the program at OSU.

Thu, Feb 23, 2023

Tue, Dec 13, 2022

Dr. Jacek Tyminski was all alone in 1979, having traveled more than 5,000 miles from Elblag, Poland, to Stillwater. He was a refugee, coming to OSU to pursue his Ph.D. because of deteriorating conditions in his home country. Arriving at Oklahoma State University, he felt completely disoriented, with no connections and no direction. But thanks to the kindness of physics professor Dr. Richard Powell, Tyminski soon found a family.

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.

Thu, Aug 11, 2005

Oklahoma State University researchers have been working for the past few years to develop a technique called Optically Stimulated Luminescence to measure astronauts' radiation exposure during space flight.