2001 Newsletter
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- Alumni News
- Graduate/Undergraduate News
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Departmental Student Awards
 Prof. Tom Boggess presents the Myrtle K. Maier Scholarship to student Bjorg Larson. |
Students recognized for their excellence in 2000-2001 are: Distinguished Service Award--Carrie McGivern; Myrtle K. Maier Scholarship--Bjorg Larson; Physics & Astronomy Undergraduate Scholar Award--Luke Gutzwiller, Christopher Jones, Jonathon Talcott; William R. Savage Memorial Award--Eric Errthum; James A. Van Allen Award--Antonio Boveia, Zachary Conway; Goertz/Nicholson Memorial Scholarship--Li Li; John and Stacey Wahl Scholarship--Ruiguo Liu, Carlton Watson; Nicholson Fellowship--Xuedong Chai. Also outside of the Department, the UI Council on Teaching named graduate student, Ugur Akgun, a winner of the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, which includes a certificate of achievement and $1,000.
2001-02 Student Enrollment
For the academic year 2001-2002, the total number of undergraduate students is 93, and there are 46 new and returning graduate students participating in the M.S. and Ph.D. programs. The number of female graduate students has increased this year with a total of 5 which includes 3 new incoming students. The graduate students are a very diverse group coming from nine different countries: USA-16, China-10, Turkey-9, Korea-3, Africa-2, India-2, Japan-2, Indonesia-1, and Pakistan-1.