Ogden News

Mar 1st, 2023

Students in Dr. Gordon Emslie’s Physics 450 class witnessed the effects of the Coriolis force in a real-world environment.

May 16th, 2022

The WKU Department of Physics and Astronomy congratulates the 2021-2022 academic year graduates. Pictured from left to right are Jordyn Hurley, Philip Waymeyer, Wesley Fisher, and Alex Driehaus. (Wesley finished in December 2021.)

Apr 1st, 2021

Jordyn Hurley, a senior from Lexington, is earning a double major in physics and chemistry with a concentration in pre-medicine at WKU. As a cancer survivor, she said she knew from a young age that she wanted to pursue a career in medicine.

Feb 1st, 2021

WKU Physics and Astronomy graduate Gavi Begtrup (2002) is running for mayor of Cincinnati.

Dec 7th, 2018

Check out the recent article in the Bowling Green Daily News on the WKU Radio Telescope Project led by Dr. Steven Gibson.

Apr 6th, 2018

The 2018 George V. and Sadie Skiles Page Award for Excellence in Scholarship goes to James Pierce.

Apr 6th, 2018

The 2018 Dr. Randall Harper Award for Outstanding Research in Physics and Astronomy goes to Zachary Thomas

Apr 6th, 2018

James Pierce and Zach Thomas are co-recipients of the Doug Humphrey service award because of their longstanding good citizenship in supporting a range of faculty and student activities in the department.

Mar 23rd, 2018

Check out physics major Alex Henson who is featured in this weeks View from the Hill in an episode about the upcoming WKU Student Research Conference.