by Steve Koppes, The University of Chicago, News Office

The National Science Foundation has named the University of Chicago's Michael Turner to a two-year term as assistant director for mathematical and physical sciences, effective Oct. 1. Turner will take a leave of absence from the University while working at the NSF in Washington, D.C.

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by Steve Koppes, The University of Chicago, Chronicle

Dedicated to memory of David Schramm, report assesses research opportunities where physics, astronomy intersect.

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by Steve Koppes, The University of Chicago, News Office

Cosmologists from around the world will meet at the University of Chicago from Sept. 17 to 20 to thrash out the challenges associated with a series of galactic mapping projects designed to help them better understand dark energy, the mysterious force that works against gravity and seems to be accelerating the expansion of the universe.

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by Steve Koppes, The University of Chicago, Chronicle

She loves a "starry night": Cosmology student searches universe for neutralinos.

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The New York Times

Senior CfCP members Michael Turner and Sean Carroll and grad student Vikram Duvvuri propose adjustments to Einstein's relativity theory at a cosmology workshop in California.

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Chicago Sun-Times

CfCP faculty member Angela Olinto and grad students Iro Tasitsiomi and Jenny Gaskins search for the neutralino

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