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Video: A closer look at Bryson DeChambeau’s US Amateur win

The Rise Originally Posted: August 25, 2015 [youtube]https://youtu.be/TwCFLXtPAP8?t=11m[/youtube] (Jump to minute 11)

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Physicist Tom Coan is a principal with an international team unraveling the secrets of neutrinos.

SMU Originally Posted: August 7, 2015 Fermilab experiment observes change in neutrinos from one type to another over 500 miles Scientists have sorted through millions of cosmic ray strikes and zeroed in on neutrino interactions in their quest to learn more about the abundant yet mysterious particles that flit through ordinary matter as though it […]

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Cas Milner, Physics, subatomic particles could help detect damaged pipes

Inside Science Originally posted: June 30, 2015 The subatomic muon could reveal potentially disastrous pipe corrosion. By: Charles Q. Choi, Contributor (Inside Science) — Of all the parts of the nation’s infrastructure that one might want least to fail, nuclear power plants might rank the highest. U.S. nuclear power plants are on average more than […]

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Proton Beam Therapy Comes to North Texas

WFAA Originally Posted: May 15, 2015 [youtube]https://youtu.be/Jr6H2aqkB-g[/youtube]

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Physics major, Bryson DeChambeau, wins the 2015 NCAA men’s golf individual championship

Congratulations to Dedman College undergraduate, Bryson DeChambeau for winning the 2015 NCAA Men’s Golf Individual Championship! READ MORE

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Mustang Minute: Physics Circus 2015

Local elementary and middle school students got a physics lesson in a fun atmosphere at SMU’s Physics Circus, presented by faculty in SMU’s Department of Physics. [youtube]http://youtu.be/9J-BxRs2tZY[/youtube]

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Dedman College students receive prestigious national fellowships and awards

Congratulations to the Dedman College students awarded prestigious national fellowships and awards during the 2014-15 academic year, including Fulbright Grants and a fellowship to the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. These students include: Fulbright Scholar: Whitney Goodwin Michaela Wallerstedt Kandi Doming Institute for Responsible Citizenship Scholar: Garrett Fisher Center for the […]

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1st proton collisions at the world’s largest science experiment expected to start the first or second week of June

Originally Posted: April 28, 2015 “No significant signs of new physics with the present data yet but it takes only one significant deviation in the data to change everything.” — Albert De Roeck, CERN First collisions of protons at the world’s largest science experiment are expected to start the first or second week of June, […]

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Physics Department hosts more than 300 of the world’s leading experts on particle physics

Originally Posted: April 24, 2014 Global physics talks at SMU star the tiny proton: a key to unlocking cosmic mysteries & cancer’s enemy Why does physics matter? World’s scientists convene for ‘State of the Proton’ Starting Monday, the SMU Physics Department hosts more than 300 of the world’s leading experts on particle physics. The scientists […]

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Brian Stump, Earth Sciences, key speaker at the 18th Honors Convocation

Outstanding achievement honored at SMU’s 2014-15 Awards Extravaganza, Honors Convocation. Dedman College faculty, staff and students were recognized with teaching awards, service honors and the University’s highest commendation, the “M” Award, at the 2015 Awards Extravaganza Monday, April 13. > Read the list of award winners from Honors Convocation 2015 On the same day, the University […]