David Brady, who built the world's first gigapixel camera, has developed sparse holography, a revolutionary technology to create three-dimensional images. Brady's work on sparse holography earned him Optica's 2023 Emmett N. Leith Medal.

The Optica Publishing Group highlighted a paper published by Wyant College and UArizona faculty with industry partners, Nikon, Northrop Grumman and L'Garde. The paper “Modeling and Characterization of OASIS Inflatable Primary Antenna by Dual Modality Metrology” discusses the concept of a 14m aperture inflatable space observatory and its feasibility study focusing on the primary inflatable mirror.

Welcome to two new staff members in the NSF-ERC Center for Quantum Networks! Julie Des Jardins is the new NSF-ERC Center for Quantum Networks Director for Diversity and Culture of Inclusion. Chaohan Cui is a recent PhD graduate from the Wyant College and returns as the new CQN Tuscon testbed manager. Read more about Julie and Chaohan. And don't forget to stop by Meinel 501 to welcome them!

The Wyant College (previously, Optical Sciences Center "OSC") Annual Group photo has been a tradition going back to the first group photo in 1967. In this photo album, you'll find the photos taken throughout the years to capture the Optical Sciences family at the Wyant College.