College News

Stop by the 8th floor patio up to Nov. 3 to help celebrate our loved ones, or add a picture of your own. Today, November 2nd, join us to celebrate Día de los Muertos and eat pan de muerto from 4-5pm on the 8th floor patio. Learn more about the tradition and its history.

Dr. Joshua Gordon (Wyant College of Optical Sciences PhD, 2008) was named an AMTA (Antenna​ ​Measurement​ ​Techniques Association) Edmond S. Gillespie Fellow and received a plaque recognizing the honor at the AMTA annual conference that recently took place in Seattle. Today, Dr. Gordon is a physicist in the RF Technology Division at NIST, and his research areas focus on investigating new technologies and approaches for robotics, spatial metrology, antenna metrology, RF electric-field, and power metrology.

The Arizona Technology Council (AZTC) presented the 11th Annual Southern Arizona Tech + Business Expo on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. Among the awards presented included "Innovation Leader of the Year" award presented to Paramium Technologies. The award recognizes the work of Justin Hyatt (Wyant College of Optical Sciences PhD, 2019) and co-founder Christian Davila to create the startup and pursue innovative technologies. 

With the new Grand Challenges Research Building (photos and updates) on target for occupancy in February of 2024, the Wyant College of Optical Sciences has pulled out all the stops on our faculty hiring plan, enabled by the highly successful Endowed Chair Campaign established by Founding Dean and Professor Emeritus Jim Wyant and completed last year, to support 14 additional faculty positions in the college. Learn more about the available positions and apply today!

Associate Professor Judy Su was named in the Photonics100 List by Electro Optics, a company dedicated to providing uncompromised, informed commentary and analysis on topics of interest to the global photonics industry. "The Photonics100 celebrates the people who are pushing the photonics industry forward, whether as the inventors, manufacturers, or end users of technology."

Wyant College of Optical Sciences is pleased to welcome Michelle Houseknecht as the college's new Grant and Contract Coordinator II. If you'd like to welcome Michelle to campus stop by her new office in Meinel 704.