Distinguished Professor Emeritus Chuck Fadley succumbed to cancer on August 1, 2019. Chuck was an Advanced Light Source professor with a split appointment between UC Davis and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. He proved by example how well such an appointment could work, seeming to give 100% of his effort to each institution.

Winston Ko, professor emeritus of physics and former department chair and Dean of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, died unexpectedly on July 26 while hiking in Big Sur. A campus memorial service will be planned.

World premiere was held July 10th at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. In this IMAX movie, UCD Physics Professor Manuel Calderon de la Barca Sanchez takes us on a tour of CERN.

Raissa D’Souza, Professor in the University of California, Davis departments of Computer Science and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and faculty member of the Physics Graduate Program, has been appointed Lead Editor of Physical Review Research.

The HPC Innovation Excellence Award recognized achievements by users of high performance computing (HPC) technologies.

Thomas Cahill, professor emeritus of physics and atmospheric sciences, died from complications of cancer on May 1, 2019. A memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 24, at St. James Catholic Church, 1275 B St., Davis, with a reception to follow in the church's Memorial Center.

The Physics show, "Avengers: Infinity Wire", won the Picnic Day Exhibit Award in 2019 for most fascinating demonstration that stimulates the imagination! Are you excited for Avengers: Endgame? Did you want a refresher on the first film? Watch the Physics Club Picnic Day show as Tony Quark and his young pupil Peter Plancker stop Thorium Americium Osmium (ThAmOs) from collecting the fundamental particles and altering reality.

Vsevolod Ivanov for being selected by Graduate Studies to receive a 2018-2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award and to Vincent Cheung and Michael Flynn for receiving the Ryan Couch Travel Award.