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Six CEI researchers among world’s most influential scholars
January 4, 2021
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Three UW Physics professors are the recipients of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
September 10, 2020
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2021 Breakthrough Prize Winners Announced: Researcher Who Developed Protein Design Technology Awarded $3 Million
September 10, 2020
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Protein design and physics earn UW professors a pair of prestigious Breakthrough Prizes
September 10, 2020
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Four UW professors win 2021 Breakthrough Prize — so-called ‘Oscars of Science’
September 10, 2020
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UW receives NSF funds for investment in an interdisciplinary quantum future
August 31, 2020
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Matthew Yankowitz receives prestigious YIP award
July 10, 2020
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Larry McLerran's Paper Tops Physical Review D 50th Anniversary Milestones
July 9, 2020
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Three UW students selected as 2020 Goldwater Scholars
March 30, 2020
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Three UW students selected as 2020 Goldwater Scholars
March 30, 2020
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Breakthrough Foundation honors UW researcher studying ‘exotic’ states of matter
September 10, 2019
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Jiun-Haw Chu & other UW professors to receive 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
July 10, 2019
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Two UW students honored by Goldwater Foundation
May 7, 2019
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UW physicist Jiun-Haw Chu named Packard Fellow for research on quantum materials
November 6, 2018
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UW physicist named Packard Fellow
October 26, 2018
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Zohreh Davoudi wins 2018 Wilson Prize
September 27, 2018
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NSF to fund new $25M software institute to enable discoveries in high-energy physics
September 26, 2018
Designing and Growing Quantum Materials for Energy and Information Technology
April 12, 2018
A Quantum Leap
March 8, 2018
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Renaissance Art to Theoretical Physics
June 6, 2017
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In Stockholm ceremony, UW professor emeritus David Thouless receives Nobel Physics Prize
December 14, 2016
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For Physics, Another Nobel
November 2, 2016
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Bagels and buns: The research that won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics explained
October 5, 2016
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Why 'exotic matter' matters — and won the Nobel Prize in Physics
October 4, 2016
UW Wins Nobel Prize in Physics
David Thouless Wins Nobel Prize in Physics
October 4, 2016
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Three scientists working in the United States awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
October 4, 2016
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Professors Fu and Majumdar Receive $2 Million NSF EFRI Grant to Advance Secure Communicatons Research
August 8, 2016
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Four UW scientists awarded Sloan Fellowships for early-career research
February 24, 2016
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UW-based "Project 8" experiment recognized as a top ten "Breakthrough of the Year"
December 22, 2015
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After Nobel win, neutrino endeavors snag Breakthrough Prize in Physics
November 20, 2015
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UW physicists celebrate contribution to Nobel-winning neutrino discoveries
October 12, 2015
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Lillian McDermott wins Award for Excellence (University Faculty Lecture Award)
April 18, 2014
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Lillian C. McDermott awarded the 2013 Melba Newell Phillips Medal by the American Assocation of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
February 27, 2013
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We are pleased to learn that David Wineland has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
October 9, 2012
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26 from UW selected for state Academy of Sciences, includes Ann Nelson, James Bardeen and Blayne Heckel
August 3, 2012
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Two Physics Department faculty members elected to the National Academy of Sciences
June 25, 2012
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