News & Events ~ Department of Physics

 

Dr. Marie PlumbPhysics graduate profiled in Jamestown Post-Journal

Article outlines how Dr. Marie Plumb, who earned her master's degree in physics from St. Bonaventure in 1990, then went on to earn her doctorate, wants her students to see how physics is involved in everything we do.

 

Plumb is a professor of physics at Jamestown Community College. Read more 

February 2012 


 

Expert to compare crises of Fukushima, Japan, and Chernobyl

Nuclear engineer Alexander Sich, Ph.D., was the first Westerner permitted to live and work within the exclusion zone to investigate the Chernobyl accident in the former Soviet Union 25 years ago. Now an associate professor of physics at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, Sich will visit St. Bonaventure University Oct. 19 to give a presentation on “The Nuclear Crisis of Fukushima, Japan, and the Comparisons to Chernobyl.” Read more 

October 2011


Five inducted into physics honor society

In an unusual and noteworthy occurrence, every 2011 St. Bonaventure physics graduate has been inducted into Sigma Pi Sigma, the national physics honor society. All five, Courtney E. Bosse of Carmel, Ind.; Jacob R. Donius of Alfred Station, N.Y.; Steven M. Gearhart of East Aurora, N.Y.; John W. Hasper of Great Valley, N.Y.; and Troy D. Mulholland of Dewittville, N.Y., will attend graduate school. Read more 

May 2011 


 

Physics majors earn prestigious NSF Opportunities

Two St. Bonaventure University physics majors have been selected to participate in a highly competitive summer research program sponsored by the National Science Foundation — one for the second straight year.

 

Troy Mulholland, who participated in a physics program last summer at the University of Florida, and Courtney Bosse were selected for the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in which students conduct research at any of a number of host colleges or universities across the nation. Both will be seniors in the fall. Read more 

June 2010 


 

SBU students selected for NSF summer research program

Two St. Bonaventure University students have been selected to participate in a highly competitive summer research program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Jacob Donius, a junior, will attend a program in physics at the University of Idaho, while Troy Mulholland, a sophomore, will participate in a physics program at the University of Florida. Read more 

May 2009