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We are so excited to join the conversation. Follow us for updates about the incredible science happening here at WVU Physics and Astronomy.
Check out our website and follow our other accounts ⬇️
linktr.ee/wvuphysastro
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Graduate student Jordan O’Kelley was joined by Maura McLaughlin and Jason Ybarra at the annual College Autism Summit hosted by the College Autism Network in Pittsburgh, PA.
Great work, Jordan!
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Great work, Jordan!
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November 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Graduate student Jordan O’Kelley was joined by Maura McLaughlin and Jason Ybarra at the annual College Autism Summit hosted by the College Autism Network in Pittsburgh, PA.
Great work, Jordan!
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Great work, Jordan!
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In a recent study, a team of researchers including Subhasish Mandal, assistant professor in the WVU Department of Physics and Astronomy, used advanced simulations and machine learning to search for rare and promising quantum materials known as altermagnets.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In a recent study, a team of researchers including Subhasish Mandal, assistant professor in the WVU Department of Physics and Astronomy, used advanced simulations and machine learning to search for rare and promising quantum materials known as altermagnets.
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Earlier this month I had the pleasure of visiting Mars, PA to represent @wvuphysastro.bsky.social and NASA's MAVEN mission at the Mars New Year festival! We had a great weekend speaking about all the great science that MAVEN does at Mars 🚀
June 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of visiting Mars, PA to represent @wvuphysastro.bsky.social and NASA's MAVEN mission at the Mars New Year festival! We had a great weekend speaking about all the great science that MAVEN does at Mars 🚀
Celebrating the Class of 2025! 🎓✅ [Part 1]
To our newest physics graduates... We'll miss you, but we can't wait to see the incredible things you'll do. Get ready to share your expertise, curiosity, and unique perspective with the world... it's waiting!
#LetsGoMountaineers
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To our newest physics graduates... We'll miss you, but we can't wait to see the incredible things you'll do. Get ready to share your expertise, curiosity, and unique perspective with the world... it's waiting!
#LetsGoMountaineers
#physics #astronomy #wvu
May 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Celebrating the Class of 2025! 🎓✅ [Part 1]
To our newest physics graduates... We'll miss you, but we can't wait to see the incredible things you'll do. Get ready to share your expertise, curiosity, and unique perspective with the world... it's waiting!
#LetsGoMountaineers
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To our newest physics graduates... We'll miss you, but we can't wait to see the incredible things you'll do. Get ready to share your expertise, curiosity, and unique perspective with the world... it's waiting!
#LetsGoMountaineers
#physics #astronomy #wvu
WVU physicists Gyawali & Bristow teamed up with USF chemists to determine how light-powered hybrid nanostructures can drive carbon-carbon coupling at normal room temp & pressure. This opens doors for turning sunlight & hydrocarbons into fuel! 🤯☀️ #Physics #wvu
Read more: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Read more: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
May 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
WVU physicists Gyawali & Bristow teamed up with USF chemists to determine how light-powered hybrid nanostructures can drive carbon-carbon coupling at normal room temp & pressure. This opens doors for turning sunlight & hydrocarbons into fuel! 🤯☀️ #Physics #wvu
Read more: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Read more: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Hosting NASA's MAVEN mission scientists at WVU this week for their Project Science Group Meeting! 🚀🛰️ MAVEN, launched in 2013, studies Mars' upper atmosphere. WVU's Prof. Christopher Fowler and group are team members!
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#physics #astronomy #nasa #mars #research #space #science #stem
May 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Last month I gave my first public lecture in the United States since moving here last year. I spoke about the history and future of Mars exploration as part of the WVUniverse series! It was a great evening with some interesting questions and discussions 🥰🚀 @wvuphysastro.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Last month I gave my first public lecture in the United States since moving here last year. I spoke about the history and future of Mars exploration as part of the WVUniverse series! It was a great evening with some interesting questions and discussions 🥰🚀 @wvuphysastro.bsky.social
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WVUniverse this evening was a huge success! Thanks to Dr. Catherine Regan for walking us through Mars exploration, past and future.
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April 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
WVUniverse this evening was a huge success! Thanks to Dr. Catherine Regan for walking us through Mars exploration, past and future.
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Congratulations Dr. Dylan Linville on his successful Ph.D. Defense yesterday! 🎉🎉🍾
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April 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Congratulations Dr. Dylan Linville on his successful Ph.D. Defense yesterday! 🎉🎉🍾
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Announcing the @wvuphysastro.bsky.social 2025 Cooper Lecture! Our guest this year will be Professor Christopher Monroe (Duke University) and his talk is titled "Quantum Computing: Hype and Hope."
April 23 at 6:00 PM, White Hall, Room G09.
All are welcome.
April 23 at 6:00 PM, White Hall, Room G09.
All are welcome.
April 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Announcing the @wvuphysastro.bsky.social 2025 Cooper Lecture! Our guest this year will be Professor Christopher Monroe (Duke University) and his talk is titled "Quantum Computing: Hype and Hope."
April 23 at 6:00 PM, White Hall, Room G09.
All are welcome.
April 23 at 6:00 PM, White Hall, Room G09.
All are welcome.
Give the gift of opportunity on this #WVUDayofGiving ✨ Help our aspiring physicists and astronomers reach for the stars by donating to our Physics Scholarship Fund - 2S061!
Donate today to directly support students 👉 dayofgiving.wvu.edu
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Donate today to directly support students 👉 dayofgiving.wvu.edu
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March 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Give the gift of opportunity on this #WVUDayofGiving ✨ Help our aspiring physicists and astronomers reach for the stars by donating to our Physics Scholarship Fund - 2S061!
Donate today to directly support students 👉 dayofgiving.wvu.edu
#wvuphysastro #wvuphysics #wvuastronomy #physics #astronomy
Donate today to directly support students 👉 dayofgiving.wvu.edu
#wvuphysastro #wvuphysics #wvuastronomy #physics #astronomy
On this #WVUDayofGiving, we look to support our WVU Preston County Observatory Project (2W1743). Managed by the WVU Planetarium, it will be used for research and K-12 outreach!
Support the WVU Preston County Observatory - 2W1743 this #WVUDayofGiving!
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Support the WVU Preston County Observatory - 2W1743 this #WVUDayofGiving!
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March 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
On this #WVUDayofGiving, we look to support our WVU Preston County Observatory Project (2W1743). Managed by the WVU Planetarium, it will be used for research and K-12 outreach!
Support the WVU Preston County Observatory - 2W1743 this #WVUDayofGiving!
🔗 dayofgiving.wvu.edu
Support the WVU Preston County Observatory - 2W1743 this #WVUDayofGiving!
🔗 dayofgiving.wvu.edu
Meet the passionate students, post-docs, staff, and faculty of WVU Physics and Astronomy — the faces behind the science and the heart of our department. On #WVUDayofGiving, you have the opportunity to directly support us in our mission!
Donate today & be a part of our story! 🔗 dayofgiving.wvu.edu
Donate today & be a part of our story! 🔗 dayofgiving.wvu.edu
March 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Meet the passionate students, post-docs, staff, and faculty of WVU Physics and Astronomy — the faces behind the science and the heart of our department. On #WVUDayofGiving, you have the opportunity to directly support us in our mission!
Donate today & be a part of our story! 🔗 dayofgiving.wvu.edu
Donate today & be a part of our story! 🔗 dayofgiving.wvu.edu
Very excited to be doing my first public outreach talk in the USA next month with @wvuphysastro.bsky.social WVUniverse series! Come and hear all about Mars 🚀🌌 #scicomm #outreach #spaceoutreach #mars #marsexploration
March 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Graham Doskoch, graduate student in The Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, led a study on the unusual Crab Pulsar; the outcome was a first author paper in The Astrophysical Journal. 🙌🦀
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March 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It's almost that time... Join us this week on Wednesday, March 12 at 3:45pm on the first floor of White Hall to Pie A Professor!
Donations will be accepted until the start of the event; ties will be honored!
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Donations will be accepted until the start of the event; ties will be honored!
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Department of Physics and Astronomy | Pie A Professor with PAGSO Fundraiser
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March 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It's almost that time... Join us this week on Wednesday, March 12 at 3:45pm on the first floor of White Hall to Pie A Professor!
Donations will be accepted until the start of the event; ties will be honored!
⬇️ DONATE NOW ⬇️
physics.wvu.edu/news-and-eve...
Donations will be accepted until the start of the event; ties will be honored!
⬇️ DONATE NOW ⬇️
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It's almost that time... Join us this week on Wednesday, March 12 at 3:45pm on the first floor of White Hall to Pie A Professor!
Donations will be accepted until the start of the event; ties will be honored!
🥧 DONATE NOW 🥧
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Donations will be accepted until the start of the event; ties will be honored!
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Department of Physics and Astronomy | Pie A Professor with PAGSO Fundraiser
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March 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It's almost that time... Join us this week on Wednesday, March 12 at 3:45pm on the first floor of White Hall to Pie A Professor!
Donations will be accepted until the start of the event; ties will be honored!
🥧 DONATE NOW 🥧
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Donations will be accepted until the start of the event; ties will be honored!
🥧 DONATE NOW 🥧
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🤩Prof. Sarah Burke-Spolaor will be featured in the Benedum Distinguished Scholar's Showcase on March 11th at 7:00 p.m. Join us as we celebrate Sarah as being named a Benedum Scholar and hear her talk titled, “The Dawning Era of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries”. 🌌
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March 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🤩Prof. Sarah Burke-Spolaor will be featured in the Benedum Distinguished Scholar's Showcase on March 11th at 7:00 p.m. Join us as we celebrate Sarah as being named a Benedum Scholar and hear her talk titled, “The Dawning Era of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries”. 🌌
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Lots of press happening on our film screening of Small Town Universe! 📡We hope to see you there! All are welcome to this free event.🌌💫
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February 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Lots of press happening on our film screening of Small Town Universe! 📡We hope to see you there! All are welcome to this free event.🌌💫
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A new publication from three of our incredible PhD students working with @gwacwvu.bsky.social! ✨
New preprint featuring @gwacwvu.bsky.social PhD students Tim Olszanski and Evan Lewis! 18 more pulsars from the AO327 survey, with timing solutions for those and 31 others. More awesome science being done with data from the Arecibo Observatory, long after the collapse.
arxiv.org/abs/2502.04571
arxiv.org/abs/2502.04571
Discovery and Timing of 49 Pulsars from the Arecibo 327-MHz Drift Survey
We present 18 pulsar discoveries from the AO327 pulsar survey, along with their timing solutions and those for an additional 31 AO327-discovered pulsars. Timing solutions were constructed using observ...
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February 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A new publication from three of our incredible PhD students working with @gwacwvu.bsky.social! ✨
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Join us on March 7th as we host a free screening of the film, Small Town Universe. All are welcome to attend! gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/02...
February 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Join us on March 7th as we host a free screening of the film, Small Town Universe. All are welcome to attend! gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2025/02...
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Our next WVUniverse talk is coming up on March 14th. Mark your calendars—we’ll see you there!
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February 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Our next WVUniverse talk is coming up on March 14th. Mark your calendars—we’ll see you there!
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WVUniverse is a series of public outreach talks exploring different scientific topics with an audience of all ages in mind. These talks are open to all and conclude with a fun trivia game with a chance to win prizes. No reservations are required. All are welcome!
February 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
WVUniverse is a series of public outreach talks exploring different scientific topics with an audience of all ages in mind. These talks are open to all and conclude with a fun trivia game with a chance to win prizes. No reservations are required. All are welcome!
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NEW: Students Contribute to New Understanding of “Twinkling” Pulsars
Students in the Pulsar Science Collaboratory program used the 20-meter Telescope at Green Bank Observatory to observe eight pulsars, uncovering surprising results.
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Students in the Pulsar Science Collaboratory program used the 20-meter Telescope at Green Bank Observatory to observe eight pulsars, uncovering surprising results.
greenbankobservatory.org/front-page-n...
#RadioAstronomy
Students Contribute to New Understanding of “Twinkling” Pulsars
The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) 20-meter Telescope at Green Bank Observatory is often used for educational outreach projects with undergraduate and...
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January 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
NEW: Students Contribute to New Understanding of “Twinkling” Pulsars
Students in the Pulsar Science Collaboratory program used the 20-meter Telescope at Green Bank Observatory to observe eight pulsars, uncovering surprising results.
greenbankobservatory.org/front-page-n...
#RadioAstronomy
Students in the Pulsar Science Collaboratory program used the 20-meter Telescope at Green Bank Observatory to observe eight pulsars, uncovering surprising results.
greenbankobservatory.org/front-page-n...
#RadioAstronomy
🤩 Calling undergraduate students interested in astrophysics or plasma research!
PLASTRO REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) is a 10-week summer program for undergraduate student research, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Details: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
#Physics #Astronomy
PLASTRO REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) is a 10-week summer program for undergraduate student research, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Details: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
#Physics #Astronomy
January 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🤩 Calling undergraduate students interested in astrophysics or plasma research!
PLASTRO REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) is a 10-week summer program for undergraduate student research, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Details: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
#Physics #Astronomy
PLASTRO REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) is a 10-week summer program for undergraduate student research, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Details: gwac.wvu.edu/reu
#Physics #Astronomy