Department News

2009

• October 2009: Professor Kim-Shapiro Awarded Grant to Study Blood Storage
• October 2009: Physics Department Featured in Classroom Response Story
• Aug 2009: Graduate student Leo Ding's work featured on AIP web site
• July 2009: Prof. Carroll to appear on History Channel program
• July 2009: Welcome to Dr. Oana Jurchescu, new Assistant Professor
• Jun 2009: Congratulations to Dr. Jason D. Grigsby, Ph.D. Recipient
• Jun 2009: Congratulations to Dr. William H. Hirsch, Ph.D. Recipient
• May 2009: Eric Peterson awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
• May 2009: Prof. Macosko, Yuri Shtridelman, and a WFU alum win MacArthur Award
• May 2009: Prof. Thonhauser receives the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
• May 2009: 2009 Graduation Reception
• May 2009: Prof. Macosko presented with the first Hobbs Award for Faculty Entrepreneurial Achievement
• Apr 2009: Graduating Physics major Patrick Nelli wins US News All Academic Team Award
• Apr 2009: Congratulations 2009 Graduates and Award Recipients
• Mar 2009: Venture Directed by Prof. Macosko Funded by NC Grant
• Mar 2009: Prof. Martin Guthold is awarded the University's 2009 Award for Excellence in Research
• Feb 2009: Prof. Kim-Shapiro named Harbert Family Distinguished Chair

2008

• Dec 2008: Reynolds Professor Fetrow named Dean of the College
• Oct 2008: Nanoscopic screening process to speed drug discovery
• Oct 2008: The Department welcomes its new Business Manager, Gloria Stickney
• Oct 2008: Research at the Nanotechnology Center has big potential
• Sep 2008: 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium at WFU
• Sep 2008: Prof. Carlson explains the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider on WXII 12 News
• Sep 2008: Professor Kim-Shapiro to be first recipient of the new Harbert Family Distinguished Chair
• Aug 2008: Congratulations to Dr. Faith Coldren, Ph.D. Recipient
• July 2008: Congratulations to Dr. Douglas K. Bonessi, Ph.D. Recipient
• July 2008: Congratulations to Dr. William B. Hodge, Ph.D. Recipient
• July 2008: Welcome to Dr. Timo Thonhauser, new Assistant Professor
• July 2008: The Holzwarths Host a Summer Party
• July 2008: Prof. Carroll in TV interview July 6
• May 2008: Christine Carlisle wins prestigious American Heart Association Pre-doctoral Fellowship
• May 2008: Congratulations 2008 Graduates!
• May 2008: Department honors new Associate Provost of Information Systems, Rick Matthews
• May 2008: Prof. Bill Kerr Retires from the Department of Physics
• May 2008: Honors, Awards, and Graduate Recognition Day
• Apr. 2008: Rick Matthews Appointed WFU Associate Provost, Information Systems
• Mar. 2008: WFU Physicists Present Research at APS Meeting
• Feb. 2008: Congratulations to Dr. Kevin J. Conley, Ph.D. Recipient
• Feb. 2008: Prof. Carroll discusses nanotechnology on PBS
• Jan. 2008: Prof. Carroll featured in The Business Journal

2007

• Dec. 2007: Physics Holiday Luncheon
• Nov. 2007: Prof. Carroll featured speaker at the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
• Nov., 2007: WFU researchers discover new hemoglobin function
• Oct., 2007: WFU hosts Undergraduate Research Symposium
• Sep., 2007: Prof. Fetrow selected for NIH Center for Scientific Review study section
• Sept., 2007: Homecoming Weekend at WFU
• July, 2007: WFU Launches Two Nanotechnology Startup Companies
• July, 2007: Welcome to Eric Chapman, New Instructional Resources Manager
• June, 2007: Zachary Vance Wins Randall D. Ledford Scholarship
• June, 2007: Bonin Appointed Chair, Guthold Appointed Graduate Program Director
• June, 2007: Rick Matthews Named Associate Provost
• June, 2007: SCINT 2007 (IEEE - 9^th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications), organized by Richard Williams at WFU.
• April, 2007: Prof. Jed Macosko Wins Teaching Award for Entrepreneurship Class
• April, 2007: Kim-Shapiro Wins Prestigious NIH Merit Award
• April, 2007: Martin Guthold Promoted to Associate Professor.
• Mar., 2007: Physics Major Patrick Nelli is awarded a scholarship by the Barry M. Goldwater Foundation
• Jan., 2007: Prize winning physicist David Vanderbilt gave Physics Colloquium

2006

• Sept., 2006: Blood clot research by Guthold and colleagues published in Science
• Sept., 2006: Physics Fall Picnic
• June, 2006: Daniel Kim-Shapiro interviewed on WFDD Voices and Viewpoints
• June, 2006: 7th International Conference on Excitonic Processes in Condensed Matter
• April, 2006: Recognition of our Administrative Professionals
• March, 2006: Graduate Student Research Day
• March, 2006: Fetrow and John win Teaching Innovation Award
• February, 2006: Greg Cook wins Excellence in Research Award

2005

• November, 2005: Breakthrough in organic photovoltaics
• November, 2005: Letter to Wall Street Journal regarding Intelligent Design article
• October, 2005: Project Pumpkin Mad Scientists
• September, 2005: Physics homecoming reception
• September, 2005: Homecoming announcement
• September, 2005: Fall Department Picnic
• May, 2005: Reception for Graduates
• April, 2005: Daniel Thomason wins Ledford Scholarship
• April, 2005: WFU welcomes 8th Eastern Gravity Conference
• March, 2005: Greg Cook Awarded Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Fellowship
• February, 2005: Martin Guthold wins Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching

2004

• October, 2004: Judy Swicegood named WFU Employee of the Year
• October, 2004: 2004 Nobel in Physics announced for explaining strong force
• October, 2004: Department Photo
• September, 2004: Carroll Co-organizer of MRS Nanotube Symposium
• September, 2004: Department invites applications for Ledford Scholarship
• August, 2004: New Generation of Physicists
• August, 2004: Cable elected PIRA VP
• August, 2004: Welcome Back!
• August, 2004: Welcome, Lucasz Turski
• July, 2004: George Holzwarth retirement celebration
• July, 2004: Ben Harrison wins ACS Fellowship
• June, 2004: Welcome, Jiwen Liu
• May, 2004: Reception for Graduates
• May, 2004: WFU Outstanding Doctoral Student
• March, 2004: Spring 2004 department photo
• March, 2004: Welcome, Jed Macosko
• February, 2004: One-Dimensional Metals -- new book by Dave Carroll

2003

• November, 2003: New York Times Cites Department Research
• October, 2003: Mad scientists help host Project Pumpkin
• September, 2003: Nobel Prize in Physics announced for superconductivity and superfluidity
• September, 2003: Physicist wins Nobel in Medicine
• September, 2003: New Baby Guthold
• August, 2003: New Faces
• April, 2003: Graduate Research Day
• March, 2003: Welcome, Jacque Fetrow!
• March, 2003: Students and faculty present papers at national meetings

2002

• December, 2002: Holiday party
• October, 2002: Homecoming reception
• September, 2002: New Physicist Ian Thomas Hirsch
• August, 2002: Welcoming Tea.
• May, 2002: Physics department spring photo.
• April, 2002: Physics Awards and Honors: Sigma Pi Sigma, Speas, Outstanding TA.
• April, 2002: John Wilkinson and Gang Xiong win Richter Awards.
• March, 2002: Faculty and Students attend APS March Meeting in Indianapolis.
• February, 2002: WFU physicists attend Biophysical Society Meeting in San Francisco.
• February, 2002: Daniel Kim-Shapiro wins Excellence in Research award.

2001

• October, 2001: Students conduct research at NHMFL.
• October, 2001: Homecoming
• October, 2001: 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for Bose-Einstein Condensation. (Local note: Neil Claussen, '96, works with Cornell and Wieman on this problem.)
• September, 2001: University Open House
• August, 2001: Welcome back!
• July, 2001: Pizza at the Holwarth's.
• May, 2001: Howard Shields retires.
• April, 2001: Department honors administrative coordinator Judy Swicegood.
• April, 2001: Graduate research day.
• March, 2001: Physics welcomes Martin Guthold to faculty.
• February, 2001: Yip and Yue-Ling in WOWF.
• January, 2001: New physicists! (New babies.)

2000

• December, 2000: Judy hosts the department for a holiday dinner and party.
• November, 2000: Welcome, Sebahattin Tüzemen, Visiting Fulbright Scholar
• November, 2000: International Who's Who publishes article by Judy Swicegood.
• October, 2000: Nobel Prize in Physics
• October, 2000: License tag spotting: DemoLady.
• September, 2000: Wave studies before seminar led by Ben Alston.
• September, 2000: Fall seminars begin
• July, 2000: Pizza! Pizza!
• July, 2000: Judy Swicegood admitted to Who's Who in Office Management
• May, 2000: Yip and Yue-ling win citzenship
• May, 2000: Awards Ceremony and Sigma Pi Sigma induction
• April, 2000: Wake Forest welcomes Jeremy Qualls.
• March, 2000: Physics major Jacob Klein and teammates win COMAP competition

1999

• December, 1999: Holiday '99 party highlights
• December, 1999: Einstein chosen Time Magazine Person of the Century.
• November, 1999: SP2 arrives.
• October, 1999: Deborah Waldron wins teaching award.
• October, 1999: Celebrating 10 years in Olin Physical Laboratory
• August, 1999: Summer '99 Ph.D.'s.
• May, 1999: Jack Williams retires.