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Physics News

Lycoming College students inducted into national physics honor society

The Lycoming College chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, the National Physics Honor Society, is proud to announce its largest number of inductees since the chapter was started in 1973.

Lycoming College professor and students identify mathematical tool to analyze data

Lycoming College Physics Professor Christopher Kulp, Ph.D., and several students have identified a way to recognize whether certain types of phenomena are random.

Community and economic benefits of Lynn Science Center highlight of Chamber Mixer

The construction of the Lynn Science Center on the campus of Lycoming College involved significant support from many local businesses over the past three years. Business owners who helped build the center, and other local leaders, came out in force to see the culmination of their efforts during a Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce PM Exchange event hosted by the college Nov. 5.

Flexible labs and state of the art planetarium are highlights of new science center

Students at Lycoming College are already benefiting from the larger, flexible classrooms and laboratories in the new Lynn Science Center, which opened for classes this fall. The three-level, 26,000-square-foot facility also includes a state-of-the-art planetarium, computer labs, faculty offices and atrium.

Electron microscope to enhance research at Lynn Science Center

Students and faculty at Lycoming College will enjoy new advanced research capabilities in a range of subjects with the addition of a scanning electron microscope to the Lynn Science Center, which will open this fall. The acquisition of the microscope was made possible by a $110,000 grant from the George I. Alden Trust, of Worcester, Mass.

Physics honor society inducts new members

The Lycoming College chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, the honor society for physics students, inducted two new members during a ceremony on Feb. 11.

Needhammer named Academic All-American

M&T Gift Funds Research Lab

On Friday, August 8, M&T President Phil Johnson presented Lycoming College with a fifty-thousand dollar gift in support of the college’s first new academic building since 1989. Accepting the gift was Dr. Kent Trachte, president of the college.

Lycoming breaks ground for new Lynn Science Center

Lycoming College celebrated the groundbreaking for its new Lynn Science Center on June 18. The three-level, 26,000-square-foot facility will connect to the north end of the existing Heim Biology and Chemistry Building and will include a planetarium, classrooms, research and teaching labs, computer labs, faculty offices, student lounges and an atrium. Board chair Peter Lynn ’69 and his wife, Joyce, have made the leadership gift for the facility, which is expected to open for the 2015 fall semester.

Math and Science Saturday to be held at Lycoming

Lycoming College will host a Math and Science Saturday for high school sophomores and juniors March 22 beginning at 9:30 a.m. The open house offers prospective students and their families an opportunity to explore the college’s biology, chemistry, astronomy and physics, and mathematics departments, as well as special programs, such as pre-medicine.

Physics students get hands-on experience

Lycoming College students in Drs. David Fisher and Christopher Kulp's physicsclasses are getting hands-on lab experience thanks the proceeds from a $100,000 grant from theGeorge I. Alden Trust. The grant money was used to update the laboratory space and buy new equipment to enhance the programs offered with in the physics major.

Physics and psychology departments enhanced through grant

Lycoming College students studying physics and psychology are getting a more in-depth learning experience thanks to new instruments and updated laboratories that have been made possible through a grant from the George I. Alden Trust in Worcester, Mass.