University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Physics and Astronomy

09/14/2026

Our very own, Dr. Xiaoshan Xu will present his topic for the September 17th colloquium at 4:00pm. Coffee and cookies will be provided beforehand at 3:30pm.

09/10/2026

Don't miss Dr. Rafeeq Syed's colloquium talk TODAY! Coffee and cookies will be provided at 3:30pm.

09/08/2026

Dr. Rafeeq Syed will present his topic for the September 10th colloquium at 4:00pm. Coffee and cookies will be provided beforehand at 3:30pm.

08/31/2026

Dr. Jin Hu will present his topic for the September 3rd colloquium at 4:00pm. Coffee and cookies will be provided beforehand at 3:30pm.

08/15/2026

Congratulations to our graduate students who are earning their Masters today!

Masters:
Md Abdus Sami Akanda
Moaz Ali
Thomas Clement
Sneha Dixit
Mohamed Elekhtiar
Jing Guo
Jackson Lederer
Amit Shah
Omar Taha
Bibek Tiwari

08/15/2026

Congratulations to our physics and astronomy undergrads for earning their degrees today!

Physics Bachelor of Science:
Matthew Nauman

08/15/2026

Congratulations to our graduate students who are earning their PhDs today!

PhDs:
Adam Higuet
Cash Hauptmann
Jahid Hossain
Arjun Subedi
Zaid Zaz
Joaquin Siado Castaneda
Yuanyuan Zhang

08/10/2026

Congratulations to doctoral student Peace Adegbite, who received the 2026 Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award from the American Vacuum Society for her amazing work!

Details: https://go.unl.edu/gv8u

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08/10/2026

Congratulations to graduate students Wai Kiat "Walter" Chin and Arjun Subedi for receiving prestigious fellowships from the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory!

Details: https://go.unl.edu/vfim

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08/05/2026

Congratulations to Robert Streubel!

Congratulations to the these faculty for being selected for the Office of Research and Innovation’s Research Leaders Program!

Kelsy Burke, sociology
Huijing Du, mathematics
Colin Meiklejohn, biological sciences
Heather Richards-Rissetto, global integrative studies (anthropology)
Robert Streubel, physics and astronomy
Ashley Votruba, psychology
Ng’ang’a Wahu-Muchiri, English

Details: go.unl.edu/uta4

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