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In our labs, Will Cherry, a freshman, hopes to realize his dream of designing a safer football helmet.

Professor receives NSF grant to help improve performance of future gravitational-wave detectors

Department provides a new academic home for current physics programs, students, and faculty.

Optics technology developed by this award will aid advanced interferometers in finding the most distant black holes.

The exhibit booth illustrated concepts related to gravity, gravitational waves, the detector technology, and the recent LIGO discoveries.

The annual meeting focuses on the fields of gravitational physics, astrophysics, and nuclear and particle physics.

This award will give the physics professor a chance to collaborate with scholars around the world.

Marc Favata speaks with News 12 to provide insight into the neutron star collision that was reported on October 16.

Faculty contribute to detection of neutron stars’ collision

Professors Rodica Martin and Marc Favata describe impact of ground-breaking work

Scientists proving Einstein’s theories usher in new field of gravitational-wave astronomy

Grant funds research and education project in gravitational-wave science