Physics Articles

Science Professor John Kenney Retires

Posted on 7/18/2023 - 8 minute read

Professor John Kenney, who had a strong hand in building the science programs at Concordia while mentoring countless students and fellow faculty members, is retiring after 22 years – and receiving an outpouring of appreciation.

View Post »

Students Create Rover for NASA Competition

By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 6/21/2021 - 2 minute read

When Susan Eschelbach ’21, a physics major, learned that NASA had created a competition for high school and college teams to design and build human-powered rovers capable of surmounting various obstacles, she agreed to assemble a team of CUI students for a first-of-its-kind effort on campus.

View Post »

Great Basin Observatory Adds Superior Spectrograph

By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 3/22/2021 - 2 minute read

John Kenney, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Physics at CUI, has helped secure another grant to fund ongoing work at the Great Basin Observatory (GBO) in Great Basin National Park. This grant will fund the purchase of a more-advanced spectrograph to help students at CUI and partner universities study exoplanets — those distant planetary bodies circling stars in other parts of our galaxy.

View Post »