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Symposia to Honor Katharine B. Gebbie for more than 40 Years of Service to JILA and NIST

05/01/2013

Two symposia will be held the week of May 6, 2013, in honor of Dr. Katharine B. Gebbie. The day-long events will celebrate Gebbie's illustrious career in JILA and NIST as well as her outstanding service to science and the nation.

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Henry Kapteyn Elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences

04/30/2013

Henry Kapteyn has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, the academy announced on April 30, 2013. Kapteyn joins seven other members of the JILA faculty as members of the academy. They include John Hall (1984), Carl Wieman (1995), Eric Cornell (2000), Margaret Murnane (2004), Deborah Jin (2005) and Jun Ye (2011). NIST Nobel Laureate Dave Wineland and CU Physics Professors Noel Clark and John Wahr are also academy members. Read More...
David Nesbitt Elected as 2013 Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

04/24/2013

David Nesbitt has been elected as a 2013 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He joins some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts, including JILA Fellows Carl Lineberger, Eric Cornell, Margaret Murnane, and Deborah Jin, Fellow emeritus Carl Wieman, and such luminaries as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert Einstein, and Winston Churchill.

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Margaret Murnane Elected Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy

04/17/2013

Margaret Murnane was elected an Honory Member of the Royal Irish Academy in March of 2013. She was nominated for the honor by Professor Eugene Kennedy, MRIA, and Professor Luke Drury, MRIA. Murnane is a Fellow of JILA and a Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Read More...
Peter Bender Selected as a 2013 Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society

04/01/2013

Peter Bender has been selected as a 2013 Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society journals. The Outstanding Referee program was instituted in 2008 to recognize scientists who have been exceptionally helpful in assessing manuscripts for publication in the APS journals.

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Deborah Jin Honored as 2013 L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards Laureate for North America

03/26/2013

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Celebration of Life and Special Conference Session to Honor Art Phelps

02/19/2013

A Celebration of Life for Fellow Art Phelps will be held at JILA on February 22, 2013, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in rooms X317 and X325. The longtime JILA Fellow passed away on December 14, 2012. The celebration of his life will be hosted by Phelps' adult children, Joanie Gilbert and Wayne Phelps.

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