Honors and Awards

A Quantum Leap
March 8, 2018
Zhou Shuxuan
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
David Thouless
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