Antara Sen, '22, conducted research with NASA which was featured in The Ithacan. Photo courtesy of NASA and Antara Sen.
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IC Physics & Astronomy in the News

Antara Sen & Beth Ellen Clark Joseph
Physics
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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