Undergraduate Scholarships
The Department offers several
scholarships per year for physics majors and minors.
Applications for 2008-9 are due by March 30.
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Huffaker Travel Scholarships
A private donor has provided substantial funds for UK students to attend national and international conferences in physics and astronomy. The funds are available to both undergraduate and graduate students who wish to present their research findings at a conference or workshop. More…
PhysicsWorld.com: "Dark matter may not be so dark"
An article about Dr. S. Gardner's recent research on Dark Matter. Click on the title to access article (registration is free).
Conferences at the University of Kentucky
This spring our department will be hosting two conferences:
"The cosmic agitator -- Magnetic fields in the galaxy"
March 26-29
Announcement
"Second Workshop on Novel Electronic Materials"
May 15-17 Announcement
Van Winter Memorial Lecture
Dr. Joel Lebowitz
Rutgers University
"Times' Arrow and Boltzmann Entropy" Abstract ...
April 07, 4:00 p.m.
Location: UK Chem-Phys Building, Room 155
Special UK Colloquium
Nobel Laureate Dr. John L. Hall
JILA, U. Colorado, and NIST
"The Optical Frequency Comb - A Versatile Tool With Many Applications" Poster ...
April 16, 4:00 p.m.
Location: UK Chem-Phys Building, Room 139
Departmental Colloquium
Dr. (Tracey) Jane Turner
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center,
Joint Center for Astrophysics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
" X-ray Spectroscopy of Local AGN: What is Really Coming from the Inner Disk?"
April 25, 3:30 p.m.
Location: UK Chem-Phys Building, Room 155
Standing Departmental Events
- Department Colloquium (Fridays at 3:30 PM)
- Astrophysics Seminar (Thursdays at 4:00 PM)
- Center for Comp. Sciences Seminar (Wednesdays at 3:30 PM)
- Condensed Matter Seminar (Tuesdays at 3:30 PM)
- Graduate Seminar (Tuesdays at 12:15 PM)
- Nuclear Physics Seminar (Thursdays at noon)
- String Theory Seminar (Fridays at noon)
- Theory Seminar (Mondays at Noon)
- The Van Winter Lectureship in Mathematical Physics
Important Dates Spring 2008
Jan 09: First day of class
Jan 15: Last day to add a class
Jan 15: Last day to officially withdraw of reduce course load and receive 80 percent refund
Jan 21: Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday, Academic Holiday
Jan 22: Deadline for payment of registration fees and/or housing and dining fees
Jan 30: Last day to drop a course without it appearing on the student's transcript
Jan 30: Last day to change grading option
Feb 06: Last day to withdraw or drop a course and receive any refund
Feb 25 - April 16: Students are prohibited from changing academic majors
Mar 05: Midterm of 2007 Spring Semester
Mar 10 - 15 : Spring Break
Apr 07 - 23: Evaluation Window
Apr 25 : Last day of classes
Apr 28 - May 02 : Final Exams