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![Matt Cufari portrait.](/media/images/Matt_Cufari_2_OjR6f35.00455add.fill-150x150.jpg)
(Oct. 18, 2022)
Senior Matt Cufari One of Two National Winners of the American Physical Society’s LeRoy Apker Award for Work Related to Black HolesThe award celebrates outstanding physics achievement among undergraduate students.
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(Oct. 7, 2022)
A&S Physicist Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Technology Alliance of Central New YorkThe award recognizes Professor Eric Schiff’s contributions to the field of physics and STEM education.
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(Oct. 6, 2022)
Syracuse University Named Partnership Institution of the American Physical Society Bridge ProgramThrough the Bridge Program, the APS is working to increase the number of physics Ph.D.s awarded to students from traditionally underrepresented groups.
![Portrait of Kameshwar Wali.](/media/images/1280px-Kameshwar_C._Wali_New_York_.5fadf49d.fill-150x150.jpg)
(Sept. 30, 2022)
Annual Wali Lecture Will Honor the Life and Legacy of Physics Professor Kameshwar C. WaliLecture and remembrances will be held November 4 in Hendricks Chapel.
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(Sept. 27, 2022)
A&S Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Enhance Gravitational Wave Data AnalysisDuncan Brown, Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics and Syracuse University’s Vice President for Research, will develop algorithms and computational techniques to advance gravitational-wave detectors of the future.
![Sheldon Stone](/media/images/Sheldon_Stone_300x300.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(Sept. 15, 2022)
Celebration of Life in Honor of Sheldon Stone to be Held October 7The ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel.
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(Aug. 31, 2022)
Searching for the Universe’s Tiniest CluesThanks to grants from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, A&S physicists Mitch Soderberg and Denver Whittington will continue their research at the cutting edge of neutrino discovery.