Congratulations to the Wyant College of Optical Science's latest Staff Recognition Award winners! Belinda McCleese was nominated by Cyndy Noriega for the March 2023 SPOT award.  Chris McCormack Obregon was selected for the 2nd Quarter Peer-to-Peer award, nominated by Dalziel Wilson, and Channel Lemon was selected for the 3rd Quarter Peer-to-Peer award, nominated by Kaye Rowan. 

Wyant College of Optical Sciences alumni are all working on such exciting projects and studies. One such alumnus recently appeared in an Apple Events Video discussing the release of the new iPhone 15 Pro Camera design. Misha Scepanovic (OSC, MS 2005) is now the Director of Optical Engineering at Apple and is working on exciting new research that is developing the amazing new technology in Apple's phones. Watch the full event here, and find Misha's feature on the Pro Camera at the 1 hr and 10 min mark.

Among those to be recognized at the I-Squared Awards & Expo Event is Ashlesha Patil, graduate student in the Wyant College of Optical Sciences and researcher in the NSF-ERC Center for Quantum Networks. Ashlesha was selected as Student Innovator of the Year for her work developing a computer game that teaches measurement-based quantum computation through using tangrams – puzzles where users have to fit together flat polygons.

The Mexican science agency has named its largest optics library in Latin America after world-renowned Slovenian astrophysicist and engineer Marija Strojnik, alumna of Wyant College of Optical Sciences (OSC, PhD 1980). Part of the Mexican Optics Research Centre (CIO), the library, which houses the largest optics collection in Latin America, now pays tribute to Strojnik's research achievements.

The Wyant College of Optical Sciences namesake, James C. Wyant, was recognized as a new Honorary Member of Optica on August 29th, 2023. Thomas L. Koch, Dean & Professor of the Wyant College of Optical Sciences, said of the honor, "Jim has contributed in so many ways to the field of Optics and Photonics. This is a wonderful recognition of his tremendous impact. Congratulations, Jim!"