John Armstrong, a professor of astronomy and physics and the director of Ott Planetarium, discussed the differences and similarities between learning physics and learning the arts in a physics seminar...
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Weber State University met on Feb. 2 to discuss the James Webb Space Telescope. Launched in December, the telescope is a $10 billion infrared telescope that allows...
Students and faculty gathered Wednesday afternoon on the first level of Tracy Hall to hear from former professor Weber State University Dr. Brad Collins.
Collins was gave a lecture to students who were...
Collaboration and choreography was the name of the game in Orchesis Dance Theatre’s fall 2018 production.
The production, which ran from Nov. 15-17, was a major collaborative effort between the dance,...
It’s no lie that Walt Disney Animation Studios spent years trying to perfect their knowledge of Pacific culture for their 2016 motion picture “Moana,” but their exceeding attention to...
An empty cigar box, some guitar string, a piece of oak and some hardware is all Ron Proctor needs to make a guitar that is as much art as instrument.
Proctor, a Weber State University alumnus and production...
When students think of science class, they may imagine lectures about igneous rocks, physics equations or mitochondria. Several new classes at Weber State University are looking to demolish that thinking.
Within...
What is a common denominator of a rocket propelled spacecraft, gas line explosion prevention and lighting a candle? They each depend on physics to make them work.
Physics drive common practices that we...
Weber State Physics professor and astronomy enthusiast Dr. Stacy Palen has been busy lately with a TEDx appearance, a speech at Astrocon 2017 and a featured spot in a astronomy documentary.
Dr....
At the rate technology advances every day, new scientific discoveries are forthcoming more often than any point in our worlds history.
When there are new discoveries in the field of, say, particle physics,...
Women have made abundant contributions to science, but there is a serious lack of knowledge about these contributions and the women themselves.For example, when you peer up into the night sky, you may...
As a kid, I loved to color butterflies for two reasons. First, they were simple to draw without much skill. Second, I could design their wings with endless variations of colors, spots and shapes.Now, researchers...
