New Graduate Student Scholarship Honors Professor James. T. Schwiegerling March 13, 2024 The Wyant College of Optical Sciences announces the establishment of the James T. Schwiegerling Graduate Student Scholarship in Optical Sciences in honor of the late Emeritus Professor of Optical Sciences, Dr. James T. Schwiegerling, Robert Shannon Endowed Chair in Optical Sciences. The deadline for submitting an application for this and other scholarships held at the College is March 17, 2024. Read more Image
Grand Challenges Research Building Construction Updates March 13, 2024 Find updates and photos on the construction progress of the Grand Challenges Research Building (GCRB) in the following gallery. A lot has been happening in the new year! Visit the GCRB Updates page to see more including a January 2024 timelapse walkthrough and photos, a video of a telescope mirror delivery, and a video of an optics table delivery and installation (over forty additional optics tables are currently being delivered and installed!). Read more Image
Ron Driggers and Co-Authors Named Recipients of the 2024 Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award March 12, 2024 SPIE and Optica have announced Ronald G. Driggers (University of Arizona), Melvin H. Friedman (George Mason University), John W. Devitt (RVS Tactical Products), Orges Furxhi (imec), and Anjali Singh as the 2024 recipients of the Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award for their Introduction to Infrared and Electro-Optical Systems, Third Edition. The professional societies have announced the award via press release. Congratulations, to Prof. Ron Driggers and all the authors of the 2024 Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award. Read more Image
Welcome, Brooke March 12, 2024 Wyant College of Optical Sciences and the NSF-ERC Center for Quantum Networks welcome Brooke Claw as the the newest accountant. Read more Image
Jaclyn John Named 2024-2025 ARCS Scholar March 11, 2024 Wyant College of Optical Sciences PhD student, Jaclyn John, was selected as a 2024-2025 ARCS Foundation Scholar. According to the ARCS Foundation Phoenix Chapter, their mission is to advance, "science and technology in the United States by providing financial awards to academically outstanding doctoral students studying to complete degrees in science, engineering and medical research." Read more Image
Wyant College of Optical Sciences at SheTech 2024 March 11, 2024 Wyant College of Optical Sciences worked with nearly 60 high school girls participating in SheTech on March 1st, 2024 to build Pringles Can-Pinhole Cameras at the Tucson Convention Center. City of Tucson Office of Economic Initiatives oversees the annual Arizona SheTech Explorer Day 2024. The day‐long, industry‐led STEM exploration event provides hands‐on, interactive activities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for rising 9th through 12th grade girls. A special thank you to the volunteers of this event including Meredith Kupinski, Hillary Mathis, Clarissa DeLeon, Annyun Das and Paola Luna. Read more Image
techlaunch.arizona.edu: Five UArizona Innovators Named to the National Academy of Inventors Feb. 28, 2024 Read more
Saikat Guha Named to National Academy of Inventors Feb. 28, 2024 The National Academy of Inventors has named five University of Arizona faculty members as Class of 2024 Senior Members, one of which was Saikat Guha, Professor of Optical Sciences and holder of the Nasser Peyghambarian Endowed Chair in Optical Sciences, as well as Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Quantum Networks. Read more Image