Physics and Astronomy News and Updates

The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) announced that Prof. Beth Parks will assume the position of Editor for the American Journal of Physics (AJP) September 1, 2020. Prof. Parks is the first female editor of the journal.

On March 2, 2021, Galvez and collaborator Behzad Khajavi from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton were granted a patent for a new technology that helps decode light-encoded information on the receiving end. This is the first patent assigned to Colgate.

Kiko Galvez received recognition in 2020 from the American Physical Society for excellence in advanced laboratory instruction.

Members of the senior class investigated an impressive range of research topics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the 2018–19 academic year.