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URI Center for Computational Research formed on Kingston Campus
New Center for Computational Research will provide for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary computational research across all campuses. Led by Gaurav Khanna, URI’s founding director of Research Computing and a professor of physics, and staffed by the ITS Research Computing team, the Center will support faculty research and engage with IT services teams to keep URI at the […]
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First in-person meeting of U²GRC at URI
First in-person meeting of U²GRC at URI U²GRC held its first in-person meeting at URI!.
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Samantha Adams and Oliver Carey
Physics Majors Samantha Adams and Oliver Carey on Finding Your Niche Physics Majors Samantha Adams and Oliver Carey on Finding Your Niche
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Professor Gaurav Khanna named American Physical Society Fellow
University of Rhode Island’s Gaurav Khanna named American Physical Society Fellow
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Paper on Gravitational Hair in Quanta Magazine
Prof. Khanna’s “Letter” paper on gravitational “hair” of extremal black holes gets coverage in Quanta Magazine!
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Michael Tammaro won A&S Teaching Excellence Award this year
Michael Tammaro won our A&S Teaching Excellence Award this year. He's been teaching physics at URI for the past 23 years. Students who nominated him noted his teaching style keeps them engaged and makes physics easy to understand. Congratulations, Professor Tammaro! @UriPhysics pic.twitter.com/pmEIXdvXlf — URI Arts & Sciences (@URI_AS) December 29, 2020
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URI Director of Research Computing awarded time on United States’ fastest supercomputer
URI Director of Research Computing awarded time on United States’ fastest supercomputer
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Frontiers in Quantum Computing
The Physics Department will be holding “Frontiers in Quantum Computing”, a Quantum Computing Conference at URI campus on October 18-20, 2021. For more information visit the event website
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awards and scholarships
May 2019: Drs. Anna Moshnikova, Oleg Andreev and Yana Reshetnyak received URI 2019 Intellectual Property Award.
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promotions
Congratulations to Dr. Feruz Ganikhanov with promotion to Associate Professor with tenure and receiving the research grant ($333,845) from Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
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