OHIO STATE AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS MATERIALS RESEARCH CENTER
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on September 30 that Ohio State would receive funds over six years to establish a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC). With this, the university joins a national network of 27 MRSECs that foster active collaboration between universities and industry.

The Ohio State MRSEC will be called the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM) . At the heart of the CEM are two Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) which include many Physics faculty. Director Nitin Padture, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, will have an office in the Physics Research Building.

LHC First Beam
Update: On September 10 at 4:28 AM EST the first beam was circulated in the LHC. This much heralded event marks the initial turn on of what will be the world's most powerful accelerator.

Columbus Dispatch article featuring OSU Physics

Official Cern Press Release

Atlas event pictures

CMS pictures and commentary by former OSU post-doc Darin Acosta

ALICE event pictures

At approximately 3:00 A.M. EST September 10, 2008, the first circulating proton beams will be injected into the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. Live coverage of this highly publicized event is available by webcast from CERN.

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