Larry Smarr, NCSA's founding director and former professor of AstroIllinois and Illinois Physics, was nominated by the University of Illinois Senate for an honorary degree in recognition of the impact he's made in astronomy, physics and #supercomputing. news-gazette.com/news/illini-in…

Faculty, Staff, and Students...enjoy your break...you earned it! See you soon.............but not too soon. 😊

Congratulations to our newly endowed professors! Charles Gammie, a professor of astronomy and Illinois Physics, has been named an Ikenberry Endowed Chair. Klara Nahrstedt, a professor of @IllinoisCS, is a newly appointed Swanlund Endowed Chairs. bit.ly/3StkeUs

THIS THURSDAY! Astronomy on Tap is back with a talk from Professor Peter Adshead, and as always all are welcome to join in the discussion about our universe 💫 See you there! IL Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe Astronomy on Tap CU

Congratulations to Dr. Kai Shinbrough (pictured with his advisor Professor Gina Lorenz)! Yesterday, he successfully defended his thesis "Towards Ultrafast Quantum Processing: Generation and Storage of Ultrafast Photonic Quantum Status" 🥳👨‍🎓🥳

Congratulations to our new U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER recipients! 🔹Jacob Covey, Illinois Physics 🔸Lewis Lehe, CEE at Illinois 🔹Charith Mendis, @IllinoisCS 🔸Theresa Saxton-Fox, AE at Illinois 🔹Jean-Charles Stinville, @IllinoisMatSE 🔸Christopher Tessum, CEE at Illinois bit.ly/431TIoS

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Illinois Physics' alumni reception starts at 6:00 p.m. in the Lakeshore Ballroom B at the Hyatt! Looking forward to seeing you there! #apsmarchmeeting2024

In our article published today nature , we report complete all-atom structural models of a fully packaged bacteriophage particle. Congratulations to Kush Coshic on his first publication! Many thanks to Chris Maffeo and David Winogradoff for pushing this 6-year project forward.

The first all-atom simulation of a DNA-packed virus capsid reveals genome structure and possible new drug targets, #ILLINOIS researchers report. ➡️ news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1225…

Tomorrow at 11am Dr. Carlos Palazuelos will discuss "Quantum entanglement vs classical communication to play XOR games". For more information: linktr.ee/IQUIST

Illinois Physics professor Paul Kwiat made an appearance on the Why’s Guys segment of WCIA’s The Morning Show to discuss the elements that go into making a fire. He conducted a live demonstration by striking ferrocerium with a hard object. bit.ly/3wZWa34

Awesome feature of Illinois Physics Professor Elizabeth Goldschmidt!

Tomorrow at 11am Dr. Shruti Puri will discuss "Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing with Metastable Yb Erasure Qubit". For more information: linktr.ee/IQUIST

Congratulations to Illinois Physics professor Jacob Covey who has been selected for an Early Career Research Program award by the U.S. Department of Energy. 👏 physics.illinois.edu/news/Covey-DOE…

Saturday Physics for Everyone is back on Oct. 5, and everyone is welcome—students, families, and friends! 🔬✨ Don’t miss Professor Brian DeMarco's fascinating talk on Quantum Computing with snacks and demos. Illinois Physics 📍 141 Loomis Laboratory 🔗 calendars.illinois.edu/detail/75?even…

The NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute University of Illinois is working to demystify quantum concepts, creating a public demonstration of quantum entanglement The Urbana Free Library. bit.ly/3NI3OEc 📸: Lloyd DeGrane/ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign/Chicago Quantum Exchange

Tomorrow at 11am Joseph Falson will discuss "Thin film intermetallics: new structure-types and unconventional superconductivity". For more information: linktr.ee/IQUIST

#ILLINOIS professor Paul Kwiat will make history with the launch of his Space Entanglement and Annealing Quantum Experiment (SEAQUE) to the International Space Station on a SpaceX rocket. Watch the launch tonight at 8:30 p.m. CST 🚀 plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vide…

ICYMI: A SpaceX rocket carrying a quantum experiment from Illinois Physics Professor Paul Kwiat is getting ready to launch NOW! Check it out ⬇️🚀