José Rojas, '26, and Fiona Lorenzen, '27, prepare to use an optical trapping microscope in Professor Jerome Fung's optics laboratory. They are using optical tweezers to measure the piconewton forces exerted between microscopic colloidal particles.
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Accelerating the Power of Women in Physics
2023 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics co-hosted by Ithaca College and Cornell University.
Physics Fun at Home
Professor creates labs that can be completed with common household items.
NSF Grant Awarded to Increase Inclusivity in STEM
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Antara Sen & Beth Ellen Clark Joseph
Landing Out-of-This-World Opportunities
On a NASA mission, Antara Sen ’22 and Professor Beth Ellen Clark Joseph set national research and lifelong friendship into motion.
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Jamie Woodworth
Mathematics and Physics
It all adds up: Jamie Woodworth makes the grade on a notoriously challenging international mathematics competition.
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Beth Ellen Clark Joseph
Chair, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
How worried should future earthlings be about Asteroid 101955 Bennu? Professor Beth Ellen Clark Joseph is leading a team to find out.
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