The International Astronomical Union announced this past summer that an asteroid has been named for Dr. Walter Worman, Professor Emeritus in the Department in Physics and Astronomy. Dr. Worman was nominated for the honor by former student Dr. Sherry Fieber-Beyer, an Assistant Professor in the Space Studies department at the University of North Dakota. The statement released by the IAU […]
Brian Wisenden (Biosciences Department) and Ananda Shastri (Physics and Astronomy Department) published a peer-reviewed research paper in Behavioural Processes with four MSUM undergraduates Alex Seigel, Izzy DeVriendt, Savannah Hohenstein and Mark Lueders. The citation for research paper is: Seigel AR, DeVriendt IG, Hohenstein SJ, Lueders MB, Shastri A, Wisenden BD. 2021. Tone deaf: association of an auditory stimulus with predation […]
Dr. Sarah Stewart UC-Davis will be our guest for this week’s MSUM Physics & Astronomy Seminar, Friday, April 16 at 3 PM CST! Dr. Stewart studies the origin and evolution of planets. She is a recipient of a MacArthur ‘genius prize’ for her work on planetary collisions and the discovery of synestias. At UC Davis, Stewart directs the Shock Compression […]
Physics and Astronomy Department will be hosting a Seminar this Friday, March 5 at 3 PM CST and will feature a series of talks given by students in on-going research projects here at MSUM with Astrophysicist, Dr. Matthew Craig. Please see the attached flyer for details. You can join us at Hagen Hall 325 or via Zoom.
Friday, Feb. 26, @ 3 PM CST, Gonadal Radiation Shielding with Brent Colby, Physics Seminar Hagen Hall 325 and on Zoom (zoom link on the attached flyer) Please see the attached Flyer for more details!