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- Viewing Mars ! I
- August 2003: Physics and Astronomy Department Views Mars through a Mtelescope on top Parking Structure A on Wednesday, August 27 Daily Trojan.
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- June 26, 2003: Physics and Astronomy Department partnered with the 32nd @Street High School. - `0 (more)
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- Workshop for High School Science Teachers !7 M
- June 2003: "Physics Instant Update-A Workshop for High School Science @*Teachers" was held at USC June 24th-26th. 8 `, (more)
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- Professor Gene Bickers in USC Chronicle !< L
- May 2003: Professor Gene Bickers was Nfeatured in the May 12 th issue of the USC Chronicle along with 10 Hother USC faculty for this year's "Teaching Has No Boundaries Award".USC Chronicle
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- Professor Edward Rhodes in Daily Trojan a? N
- April 2003: Professor Edward Rhodes was Nin the April 8 th issue of the $4 H& W$ d }l4 ` %=? l4 & W% d° } 4 ` %>: 4 & W& d }$$ H ` %EA $$ H& W' d }l$ ` %@B l$ & W( d® } $ ` %A= $ & W) d }$ H ` %*D $ H& W* d }l ` %CE l & W+ d© } ` %D@ & W, d }\ a$ % \ & W- e }$ h a& %1H $ h& W. d Macro Name } h a( %GI h& W/ d Replace With } h a* %HJ h& W0 dHead }\ a, %IK \ & W1 d Comments }$ h a. %JL $ h& W2 d } h a0 %KM h& W3 d } h a2 %LN h& W4 d }\ a4 %M" \ & W5 d }$: aM %sR $: & W6 dCross-Reference Macros } : aO % : & W7 e }D : aQ % D : & W8 e }$J aS %OS $J & W9 d Macro Name } J aU %RT J & W: d Replace With }D J aW %SW D J & W; d Comments d |: WW HH |; U HH 6 6 W ?vv Iarticle.do?issue=/V148/N50&id=08-rhodes.50c.html">Daily Trojan.
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- Professor Gene Bickers and Provost Lloyd Armstrong, Jr. Win Service u @ Awards B %N
- October 2002: The Department congratulates Professor Gene Bickers and Provost Lloyd MArmstrong as this year's recipients of the Distinguished Faculty Service EJAward by the USC Academic Senate.(More)
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- Trio Brings Supercomputing to Physics and Engineering !E %K
- September 2002: The department welcomes one of the world's leading E research I e: groups in advanced computational simulations to USC. J e4 (more)
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- Professor Stephan Haas Promoted !M %L
- April 2002: The Department congratulates Professor Stephan Haas for his well deserved early promotion to the rank of ECAssociate Profesor with tenure in Physics effective this Fall.
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- Professor Nick Warner in Science Magazine !P %O
- March 2002: Professor Nick Warner was in Nthe February 22nd issue of Science Magazine. The article, NTales of Singularities, discusses the workshop and symposium held in FCambridge in January to celebrate Stephen Hawking's 60th birthday. (more)
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- Professor Krzysztof Pilch Promoted !S %M
- February 2002: Congratulations to Krzysztof KPilch for his well deserved promotion to the rank of Full Professor in E.Physics.(more)
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- Professor Hubert Saleur receives Humboldt Award !V %O
- January 2002: Professor Hubert Saleur is Lthe recipient of the Senior Humboldt Research Award. This research award is Ngiven to outstanding and internationally recognized scholars and honors their Macademic lifetime achievements. Dr. Saleur is part of our Elementary Particle Physics Group and is now concentrating on Napplications to strongly correlated systems, in particular edge properties in Equantum Hall effect, and rupture in disordered media. The Department Jcongratulates Dr. Saleur on receiving this honor and wishes him continued E3success. (more)
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- Professor Stephan Haas Wins Teaching Award aY %K
- January 2002: The General Education Teaching Award was presented to NProfessor Stephan Haas at a holiday reception on GDecember 4th at the Davidson Conference Center. The award is presented Kannually by the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences to recognize faculty Icontributions to the General Education Program during the preceding Fall Gthrough Spring academic year. The Department joins with the College in Mcongratulating Dr. Haas. His exceptional instructional skills, indefatigable Henthusiasm and ability to inspire students join together to make him an E
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