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The Daily Orange$1.5 M Grant awarded to physics program
By Alex Kish
Posted: 2/18/08, 10:28 PM EST Section: News
The Department of Physics at Syracuse University just received a million dollar boost.
A grant of $1.5 million from SU alumni Martin A. Pomerantz and his family will fund research in the department. Part of the grant will support SU professor Peter Saulson as part of the Martin A. Pomerantz Professorship in Physics endowment. The remaining sum will aid the Molly B. Pomerantz Graduate Fellowship, which will found a graduate student's research on campus.
Saulson, who is currently teaching an intermediate astronomy course for physics majors at SU, will use his endowment as part of SU physic's department initiative on multi-messenger cosmology.
Multi-messenger cosmology combines many different areas of cosmological research in order to better understand the universe. The various "messengers" refer to the different rays, such as light, gravitational or cosmic rays, used to observe the sky, Saulson said.
The combined result of all these methods will help physicists retain a better understanding of the universe's origins, structure and future changes.
Professor Mark Trodden and several other physics professors are involved in the research.
Trodden will not directly receive any of the grant money, but he explained the donation will help combine research from different areas of the physics department.
"It brings together and broadens research that's been going on for a long time," Trodden said. "[It's] designed to bring together and encourage links to the kind of research [Saulson] does."
The Molly B. Pomerantz Graduate Fellowship will help attract and support the research of a selected graduate student at SU. The donation will aid in strengthening the level of graduate teaching, but it will mostly be used to financially support the students' research, Saulson said.
Cristina Marchetti, chair of the physics department, said the department has never offered a graduate fellowship of this nature before. During their first year of graduate school, most students find financial support by working as teaching assistants before moving up to the research assistant level.
A grant of $1.5 million from SU alumni Martin A. Pomerantz and his family will fund research in the department. Part of the grant will support SU professor Peter Saulson as part of the Martin A. Pomerantz Professorship in Physics endowment. The remaining sum will aid the Molly B. Pomerantz Graduate Fellowship, which will found a graduate student's research on campus.
Saulson, who is currently teaching an intermediate astronomy course for physics majors at SU, will use his endowment as part of SU physic's department initiative on multi-messenger cosmology.
Multi-messenger cosmology combines many different areas of cosmological research in order to better understand the universe. The various "messengers" refer to the different rays, such as light, gravitational or cosmic rays, used to observe the sky, Saulson said.
The combined result of all these methods will help physicists retain a better understanding of the universe's origins, structure and future changes.
Professor Mark Trodden and several other physics professors are involved in the research.
Trodden will not directly receive any of the grant money, but he explained the donation will help combine research from different areas of the physics department.
"It brings together and broadens research that's been going on for a long time," Trodden said. "[It's] designed to bring together and encourage links to the kind of research [Saulson] does."
The Molly B. Pomerantz Graduate Fellowship will help attract and support the research of a selected graduate student at SU. The donation will aid in strengthening the level of graduate teaching, but it will mostly be used to financially support the students' research, Saulson said.
Cristina Marchetti, chair of the physics department, said the department has never offered a graduate fellowship of this nature before. During their first year of graduate school, most students find financial support by working as teaching assistants before moving up to the research assistant level.
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