Department In the News: 2011

• South Pole centennial history includes UChicago telescopes, December 14, 2011
• Small reactors could figure into U.S. energy future, December 13, 2011
• Science pubs create lively intellectual exchange: UChicago speakers help bring informal research discussions to Chicago's, December 1, 2011
• 2011-2012 Brinson Lecture: John Mather, "History of the Universe in a Nutshell: From the Big Bang to Life and the End of Time", November 21, 2011
• Nobel laureate John Mather to present Brinson Lecture on Nov. 1, October 26, 2011
• UChicago launches search for distant worlds, October 13, 2011
• Dr. Jacob Bean interview on new exoplanet discovery, October 6, 2011
• 2011 physics Nobel laureates collaborators on UChicago, Fermilab projects, October 5, 2011
• $10 million gift to enhance faculty support in Physical Sciences Division, September 29, 2011
• NASA names astrophysics fellowship for iconic woman astronomer: Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics honors UChicago alumna, September 4, 2011
• Rocky Kolb, U Of C Astronomy Prof: It's Time To Explore Asteroids, July 15, 2011
• Cosmologist Josh Frieman to present June 9 lecture on 'The Dark Universe', June 8, 2011
• The Hunt for Dark Matter in the Universe, June 6, 2011
• University of Chicago time capsule left by atomic bomb pioneer opened, June 4, 2011
• Enrico Fermi colleagues announce time capsule contents from Research Institutes building, June 4, 2011
• 'Oddball' Star Cluster Is a Hybrid, Kyle Cudworth co-discovers new class of star clusters, June 2, 2011
• Award-winning teachers find the unexpected, May 28, 2011
• "From Big Bang to Biospheres" with Martin Rees presented by the University of Chicago, April 13, 2011
• Astronomer Royal Martin Rees to lecture on mysteries of universe, April 7, 2011
• 'Small modular reactors' hold sway in US nuclear future, March 31, 2011
• U. of C. gets serious about stargazing: University invests millions, gaining access to telescopes in Chile, February 16, 2011
• Richard Kron to chair Science Advisory Committee of Giant Magellan Telescope, February 10, 2011
• First light, January 24, 2011
• Giant telescope could solve deep mysteries, January 18, 2011
• Volunteers at Planetarium Excel Where Machines Lag, January 16, 2011

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