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• Physics department well above national average for number of women graduates
• Joe Harms to play basketball and study physics at APSU (pdf)
• Physics department recruits top students
• Alum Talkington earns prestigious National Defense Scholarship.
• Renowned astronomer receives the Richard Hawkins award. (Inneraction PDF)
• Student is seeing stars - and other celestial bodies. (Inneraction PDF)
• Nobel Prize in Physics recipient Leon Lederman to speak March 28. (Inneraction PDF)
• Top students clamor to get into Governor’s School. (Inneraction PDF)
• Physics student has patent pending on invention. (Inneraction PDF)
• APSU receives two prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) grants in less than a month. (Inneraction PDF)
• Tim Fox honored as APSU's Young Alumnus of the Year (Inneraction PDF)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) approves federal grant for a high-performance computer cluster. (Inneraction PDF)
• Presidential Research Scholar Melissa Butner will Study Variable Stars. (Inneraction PDF)
• Physics prof earns honors for teaching. (Inneraction PDF)
• APSU gets Governor's School in Computational Physics. (Inneraction PDF)
• Seven APSU physics and mathematics students swept the TAS mathematics and computer science portion of the conference, taking home first-, second- and third-place honors for outstanding presentations.
• Rachel Castleberry is the 2007 Harvill-Civitan Citizenship Award Winner, Third Year in a Row a Physics Graduate has won the Award.
• APSU physics alumnus retires after 36 years of teaching to pursue love of cooking (pdf)
• Two physics students to go overseas for summer research.
• Mike Brown chosen as APSU Distinguished High School Teacher.
• APSU Astronomer's article among most cited.
• Physics and Fastballs - Tim Fox (pdf)
• Legendary TN Football Coach - Carlton Flatt
• APSU observatory to be ready by fall.
• 4th straight year, physics student earns nuclear chemistry fellowship.
• Morgan Halfhill, APSU physics major, is chosen as Homecoming Queen.
• Physics students build and maintain saltwater tank.
• APSU Physics Alumnus named 2006 Industrial Scientist by the Tennessee Academy of Sciences
• APSU Physics Professors Recognized
• Michael Gaither presented with Harvill-Civitan Award.
• Two for Texas—APSU couple secures well-funded fellowships
• Society of Physics Students named Outstanding Chapter of the Year for 2nd year
• Physics students spend summer months wisely.
• Justin Roper presented with Harvill-Civitan Award.
• Eleven APSU physics students score summer research positions at Brookhaven, NASA and more
• APSU sophomore first accepted to Navy’s Nuclear Instructor Program
• Physics major Billy Teets takes Drane Award
• Emory’s director of medical physics, Tim Fox, to speak at Commencement
• Buckner hopeful about Bush’s plans for NASA
• Physics student wins chance to reach for the stars
• Austin Peay student plays crucial role in NASA research
• APSU physicist counts his blessings
• APSU supercomputer cluster helps NASA’s IMAGE mission
• APSU, Clarksville Chess Clubs team up to get students in the game
• Wireless network expands
• APSU hosts Lunar Lunacy
• Turnout for "Mars Madness" exceeds expectations
• It’s "Mars Madness" at APSU! Public invited to view this once-in-an-eon event
• APSU physics program boasts highest enrollment in state
• APSU honors four for superior teaching
• APSU student accepted to Navy’s officer nuclear program
• Top Tennessee science students turn down full scholarships, choose APSU
• Physics chair emulates mentor