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![WKU Research Team Visits Odessa, TX for the October 14 Annular Solar Eclipse](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/11577.jpg)
Oct 20th, 2023
A WKU team tested the SunSketcher app during an eclipse in Texas. The app captures Baily's Beads during eclipses, and users' images help analyze the Sun's shape for solar research and testing gravity theories.
View Article![2023 Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy Department Award Winners](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/11319.jpg)
May 4th, 2023
The winners of the 2022-2023 Department of Physics and Astronomy Awards are Chloe Jones (Scholarship and Research), Lars Hebenstiel (Scholarship), Ethan Poore (Research), and Isaiah Beauchamp (Service).
View Article![From WKU to NASA: Zac Colovos' Journey to the Johnson Space Center](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/11161.jpg)
Mar 7th, 2023
Zac, a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student at WKU, is part of a highly competitive NASA Pathways internship program in the Engineering Directorate at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
View ArticleMar 1st, 2023
Students in Dr. Gordon Emslie’s Physics 450 class witnessed the effects of the Coriolis force in a real-world environment.
View Article![Congratulations to 2021-2022 WKU Physics and Astronomy Graduates](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/10556.jpg)
May 16th, 2022
The WKU Department of Physics and Astronomy congratulates the 2021-2022 academic year graduates. Pictured from left to right are Jordyn Hurley, Philip Waymeyer, Wesley Fisher, and Alex Driehaus. (Wesley finished in December 2021.)
View Article![WKU Physics Major Jordyn Hurley Featured in WKU Herald Article](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/9563.jpg)
Apr 1st, 2021
Jordyn Hurley, a senior from Lexington, is earning a double major in physics and chemistry with a concentration in pre-medicine at WKU. As a cancer survivor, she said she knew from a young age that she wanted to pursue a career in medicine.
View ArticleFeb 1st, 2021
WKU Physics and Astronomy graduate Gavi Begtrup (2002) is running for mayor of Cincinnati.
View Article![WKU Engineering Students Contribute to Radio Telescope Project](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/7295.jpg)
Dec 7th, 2018
Check out the recent article in the Bowling Green Daily News on the WKU Radio Telescope Project led by Dr. Steven Gibson.
View Article![2018 George V. & Sadie Skiles Page Award](https://www.wku.edu/img_news/article_thumbs/6247.jpg)
Apr 6th, 2018
The 2018 George V. and Sadie Skiles Page Award for Excellence in Scholarship goes to James Pierce.
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