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Photos of Cantrell’s Distinguished Professor Ceremony

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Last spring Will Cantrell was named a 2013 Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year by the President’s Council, State Universities of Michigan. Cantrell was recognized for his outstanding contributions and dedication to the education of undergraduate students.

The President’s Council has posted a photo gallery of the award presentation event, which included Michigan Tech Provost Max Seel and co-recipients of the award.

Learn more about teaching award recipients from the Department of Physics at Michigan Tech.

Group Presentation

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Michael Adler Receives Provost Award for Scholarship

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Michael Adler19th Annual Student Leadership Awards Announcements

Congratulations to the following students, student organizations, and advisors for inspiring community, scholarship, possibilities, accountability and tenacity within Michigan Tech as well as our community.

In the Department of Physics, Michael Adler is the 2013 recipient of the Provost Award for Scholarship.

Read more at Tech Today.

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Best Grad Student Talks and Posters 2013

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2013 Physics Department Poster SessionThe best graduate student talks and posters 2013 have been found by popular vote. As in previous years we had two clear favorites in each of the two categories. And the winners are:

Best Posters

Renee Batzloff – Paleomagnetism of the Baraga-Marquette Dyke Swarms
Li Jie – Implementation of a Hot-Deformation Process for Making Nd2Fe14B-based Permanent Magnetic Materials

Best Talks

Marwa Abdalamoneam – Atomic Moments and Polarizabilities of Ni II
Hugo Albert Ayala Sorlares – Studying Galactic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission with the HAWC Observatory in Mexico

The Physics Department Poster Session was held on April 18, 2013, in the Fisher Atrium. The physics graduate students were held throughout the latter part of Spring Semester 2013.

Congratulations to the four winners and everyone else on their presentations!

View the 2013 Physics Department Poster Session photo gallery.

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Kelley-Hoskins Nominated for Thesis Award

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MAGSThe Graduate School is pleased to announce that Evan Anderson is Michigan Tech’s nominee for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Thesis Award.

Three other graduate students were also nominated for consideration. Jean DeClerck was nominated by her advisors, Ann Brady and Wendy Anderson (HU) and committee member Victoria Bergvall (HU). Nathan Kelley-Hoskins was nominated by his advisor, Petra Hüntemeyer (Physics). Andrew Orthober was nominated by his advisor, Carol MacLennan (SS). All of the nominations were noteworthy for their scholarship, and the evaluation panel had a difficult task in selecting one nominee to represent Michigan Tech.

Read more at Tech Today, by the Graduate School.

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