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Pushing boundaries: Nobel prize winner on science literacy and lasers Nobelist Donna Strickland visited U-M campus recently as part of the Ta-You Wu lecture series.

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Professor David Gerdes Named Next Physics Department Chair Professor Gerdes is the 16th Chair to serve the department.

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