Alumni & Friends

Whether you are a UW alumnus or a friend interested in Department activities, we'd love to hear from you! This is an exciting time of growth and discovery for the Department. Recent highlights include:

• Discovery of a new globular star cluster with the WIRO telescope
• The addition of new undergraduate degree programs to provide physics students with flexible, marketable career paths
• Several large grants to faculty, including a National Science Foundation CAREER prize to Prof. Danny Dale and an award to Prof. Mike Pierce to build one of the world's largest infrared cameras.
• Introduction of new emphases for the physics PhD program, including condensed matter physics and materials physics
• The recent addition of three new physics faculty members

If you're in town, please stop by and say hello. Department tours, or tours of the WIRO observatory can be arranged by calling the Department Office.

Alumni, please keep in touch with us and your classmates by clicking HERE, to see what your peers are doing. We would love to hear from you.  Please send us a sentence or two on your post-UW career path by clicking HERE.

Highlights of Department events can be found in the Departmental Newsletters. AY 2012/2013 AY 2011/2012  AY 2010/2011  AY 2009/2010  AY 2008/2009

Be a part of the growth of Physics & Astronomy in Wyoming by contributing financially to support students in their professional development. $100, $50, or $25 for a student scholarship makes a big difference to a physics student struggling to buy books and pay tuition. The Department also has larger projects on the horizon, including equipping the WIRO telescope with world-class instruments to enable out-of-this-world discoveries. Contact Dept. Head Danny Dale to learn about more opportunities to participate in the science and educational mission of the Department.