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Physicist Martin Mourigal

Researchers in Germany and Japan report preparing a compound that could realize a quantum spin liquid, a rarely observed and delicate state of magnetic matter. Published in the journal Nature, the paper is cause for excitement among researchers in condensed-matter physics. Among them is Martin Mourigal, who wrote an accompanying News & Views piece in Nature to put the research in context and convey the excitement of the field of quantum materials.

College of Sciences Dean Paul Goldbart

Spring in Atlanta is just a few weeks away, and with it arrives science festival time. The 2018 Atlanta Science Festival (2018ASF) shifts the annual festivities to fifth gear with two major innovations: two weeks of science fun – March 9-24, 2018 – instead of one and the designation of an honorary chair.

Vinayak Agarwal, 2018 Sloan Research Fellow

Awarded yearly by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Sloan Research Fellowships honor early-career faculty whose achievements mark them as among the very best scientific minds working today.

Bonnie Harris

February is Black History Month, a special time set aside to celebrate the contributions of African Americans. The College of Sciences joins the celebration by inviting the perspectives of African-American colleagues through a two-part Q&A.

Jenny McGuire in WyomingPBS Documentary (Credit WyomingPBS)

Jenny McGuire is one of several scientists featured in a documentary that WyomingPBS will air twice in February. 

Lewis Wheaton

February is Black History Month, a special time set aside to celebrate the contributions of African Americans. The College of Sciences joins the celebration by inviting the perspectives of African-American colleagues through a two-part Q&A.