Fourteen physics majors and four astrophysics majors received their Williams diplomas on June 3, 2012. All of the physics departments in the United States, including those at large universities, awarded an average of only 8.4 bachelor’s degrees per department in 2011,* the most recent year for which data is available. Our relatively large number of more »

The American Physical Society selected Chris Chudzicki ’10 as one of two winners of the 2010 LeRoy Apker Award, the highest honor for physics research by an undergraduate student in the U.S.

The National Science Foundation awarded a $233,186 grant to Prof. Frederick Strauch to support his research on quantum systems.

The National Science Foundation awarded a $285,000 grant to Prof. Tiku Majumder for his project titled “Precise Atomic Structure Measurements and Tests of Fundamental Physics in Group IIIA Atoms.”

At Fall Convocation the College awarded Daniel Kleppner ’53 a Bicentennial Medal, which honors Williams alumni for distinguished accomplishment in any field.

We welcome President Falk and Michele Rech, say goodbye to Barb Swanson, and acknowledge additional administrative responsibilities for Sarah Bolton and Tiku Majumder.

A new documentary film titled “The Quantum Tamers: Revealing Our Weird and Wired Future” features Prof. Bill Wootters among other renowned scientists.

Physics majors Christopher Chudzicki ’10 and Scott Olesen ’10 were named 2009 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars, a top honor for undergraduate science students in the United States.

The American Physical Society selected Shelby Kimmel ’08 as a finalist for the 2008 LeRoy Apker Award, the highest honor for physics research by an undergraduate student in the U.S.

The American Physical Society (APS) has elected Prof. Kevin Jones and Prof. Tiku Majumder to the status of Fellow.

The National Science Foundation awarded Aalberts a $260,819 grant to continue research through 2010 on pseudoknot structures of RNA molecules and their frequency.

The National Institute of Health awarded a grant of $220,479 to further Prof. Aalberts’ work: “Binding and Splicing mRNA.”

The American Physical Society has announced that Prof. Bill Wootters is the 2007 recipient of its Prize for a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution.

Cambridge University Press recently released “Protecting Information: From Classical Error Correction to Quantum Cryptography” by Mathematics professor Susan Loepp and Physics professor Bill Wootters.

The National Science Foundation awarded a $229,500 research grant to Prof. Tiku Majumder to continue his high-precision spectroscopic study of thallium and other heavy elements.

The National Science Foundation awarded a $20,000 grant to Prof. David Tucker-Smith to support his research in elementary particle theory.

The National Science Foundation awarded a 2006 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to astrophysics alumna Lissa Ong ’04, and honorable mentions to physics alums Laura Effinger-Dean ’06, Christopher Holmes ’03, and Sarah Iams ’04.

The 8th International Conference on Quantum Computation, Measurement, and Computing will honor Prof. Bill Wootters with the 2006 International Quantum Communications Award.

The American Physical Society selected Nathan Hodas ’04 as one of two winners of the 2004 LeRoy Apker Award, the highest honor for physics research by an undergraduate student in the U.S.

The National Institutes of Health awarded a $155,183 grant to support Prof. Daniel Aalberts’ research on splicing, folding and stretching nucleic acids.

Robert F. Engle has won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Economics for discovering statistical methods for “analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility.”

Williams College has received a $12.6 million gift in honor of former physics professor and department chair William Edward McElfresh.

The National Science Foundation awarded research grants to Prof. Sarah Bolton and Prof. Tiku Majumder.

The American Physical Society chose S. Charles Doret ’02 as a winner of the 2002 LeRoy Apker Award, the highest national honor for physics research by an undergraduate student.

Prof. Kevin Jones ’77 and his students Dave Ticehurst ’04 and Jeff Garland ’03 appear in an article published in The Chronicle of Higher Education describing the tutorial program at Williams College.

The American Physical Society (APS) has elected Prof. Bill Wootters to the status of Fellow for his “contributions on the foundations of quantum mechanics and groundbreaking work in quantum information and communications theory.”

The American Physical Society selected Brian Gerke ’99 as a winner of the LeRoy Apker Award, recognizing “exceptional achievements in physics research by undergraduate students.”

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a 1999-2001 Precision Measurement Grant to Prof. Tiku Majumder of the Department of Physics.