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Walter Massey, a Physicist With a Higher Calling
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Fallon awarded the Baines Family Planetary Science Scholarship
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Student-Run Master Minds Podcast Interviews WashU Alum and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
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The physicist in the NICU
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Planetary sciences alumni return for Walker Distinguished Lectures
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Guts and stardust
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Remembering David Sloop
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Argonne Voices - Lessons in Leadership: Building a Diverse and Inclusive Culture
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NIH awards four medical scientists prestigious grants
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Department of Physics Recognition Ceremony 2021
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Reach for the stars
![Alumna Jennifer Dionne hosting STEM Spotlight on August 13](https://physics.wustl.edu/files/physics/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Dionne.png?itok=-1_9nygI)
Alumna Jennifer Dionne hosting STEM Spotlight on August 13
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Alum astronaut makes history
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NASA, SpaceX to launch astronauts, including Robert Behnken, physics alum, to space station
![Mahdi Naghiloo wins 2020 Biruni Award](https://physics.wustl.edu/files/physics/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Mahdi.jpg?itok=ab9hu3Ix)
Mahdi Naghiloo wins 2020 Biruni Award
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Reunion of Former Grad Students
![Alum Peter Shawhan Elected APS Fellow](https://physics.wustl.edu/files/physics/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Shawhan.png?itok=-q8oaZiT)
Alum Peter Shawhan Elected APS Fellow
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NAS Steering Committee
![Walter Massey to receive Vannevar Bush Award](https://physics.wustl.edu/files/physics/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Massey_Walter.gif?itok=s-GNi8-1)
Walter Massey to receive Vannevar Bush Award
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Alumnus Adam Bauer received an NIH grant
![Sutherland, Calogero and Gaudin win 2019 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Sutherland, Calogero and Gaudin win 2019 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
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Three questions with recent Nobel laureate W. E. Moerner
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Graduate Student Alumni Reunion ...
![Madison Cannon, a 2014 graduate with degrees in physics and math leads a lesson in physics for Girls Inc. Eureka! participants ...](https://physics.wustl.edu/files/physics/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Events/160624_jaa_girls_inc_0010-1024x682.jpg?itok=iP9MWsez)
Madison Cannon, a 2014 graduate with degrees in physics and math leads a lesson in physics for Girls Inc. Eureka! participants ...
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