James Ensor
Class of 2017
Zoey Chittick
Class of 2016
Maxwell Wheeler
Class of 2018
HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 19, 2015 – NASA has tapped into the expertise of a High Point University professor for one of its space telescope science missions. Dr. Brad Barlow, assistant professor of astrophysics at HPU, was selected to serve on a team of astrophysicists who reviewed and recommended science proposals for future space missions. […]
READ MORE ALUMNI SUCCESS STORIES Dan Short, a 2010 alumnus of High Point University, is making a big impact on the future of the fuel and automotive industries as a fuel technologist at Marathon Petroleum Company. A native of Cambridge, Md., Short received a B.S. in mathematics from HPU with minors in both chemistry and […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Dec. 3, 2014 – High Point University is now an official member of the Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System, otherwise known as SMARTS. Thanks to a science equipment grant from High Point University President Dr. Nido Qubein, faculty and students are now able to observe and collect data with four […]
The sciences at High Point University are growing rapidly. As HPU gears up to launch new physician assistant, pharmacy and physical therapy programs, the departments of biology, chemistry and physics are also expanding to meet a growing need for science professionals. In the past two years, physics has split off to become its own department; […]
More than 1,300 parents, children and members of the community recently filled the hallways of High Point University’s Congdon Hall for an evening of space, science, and beyond. Hosted by the HPU Department of Physics, the first annual HPUniverse Day on Sept. 19 offered a free, family friendly, educational outreach astronomy event for the community. […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Sept. 10, 2014 – The High Point University Department of Physics will host “HPUniverse Day,” a family-friendly, educational outreach astronomy event, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 19 at Congdon Hall on campus. The event is free and open to the public; no tickets are required. HPUniverse Day will feature […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Sept. 10, 2014 – Simeon Simeonides, a sophomore Physics major at High Point University, joined the nation’s top scholars and industry leaders to share his research at Semiconductor Research Corporation’s TECHCON conference. Held Sept. 7-9 in Austin, Texas, the conference showcased the forefront of semiconductor research by undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students. Simeonides […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., July 28, 2014 – A group of High Point University physics students are back from Chile with an incredible experience under their belt and the potential of being published by the end of the year. Eugene Filik, Aaron Marlowe and Tyler Hockett joined Dr. Brad Barlow, assistant professor of astrophysics, on an […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., July 9, 2014 – Rising High Point University sophomore Simeon Simeonides is part of a research team working to develop personal heart monitors that can help determine heart health and possibly predict heart attacks. Simeonides was selected as an undergraduate researcher at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering this summer. He’s […]
Astrophysics professor Brad Barlow and Physics Major Stephen Vultaggio talk about their experience discovering a pulsating star. http://youtu.be/D1zYBTstnpk
With a successful 2014 Commencement Ceremony behind us, recent High Point University graduates are preparing to commence prestigious career paths around the world at Fortune 500 companies, international service programs, public school systems, top-tier law, medical and graduate school programs, and many other esteemed organizations thanks to their journey at HPU. Here’s a glimpse of […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., April 14, 2014 – Five students from High Point University presented their scholarly work and original research along with HPU professors at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), held at the University of Kentucky. NCUR is the largest undergraduate interdisciplinary conference in the country. During the symposium, students not only presented […]
When you look up into the night sky, what do you see? If you are one of Dr. Brad Barlow’s students at High Point University there is a good chance you see endless possibilities. Barlow, assistant professor of astrophysics, is one of the most recent additions to HPU’s physics department, and in his first year […]
Nikki Sanford talks about her internship with the US House Science Space and Technology Committee.
HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 18, 2014 – Dr. Briana Fiser, assistant professor of physics at High Point University, was recently granted a U.S. patent for a medical diagnostic device that could eventually help save lives. Fiser developed small, micron-sized rods, which can be used to detect how well a patient’s blood is clotting. According to […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Jan. 21, 2014 – Junior physics major Stephen Vultaggio recently presented his discovery of a new Rapidly-Pulsating Hot Subdwarf Star at the 223rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Washington, D.C. Hot Subdwarf Stars are rare types of stars that have had their outer atmospheric layers stripped off, so astronomers […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Dec. 18, 2013 – High Point University students successfully launched their first payload-carrying balloon into near-space. The purpose of the project was to launch the balloon 100,000 feet from HPU’s campus, take images and videos of the near-space environment and retrieve the payload intact. This is the first step toward launching future […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 22, 2013 – If you look closely and are up before sunrise, you may be able to see the comet ISON as it moves toward the sun. A High Point University professor and two students are studying the comet for a class research project. On Thanksgiving Day, the comet will make […]
Aaron Marlowe and Sam Gordon, who are in Dr. Barlow’s PHY 2001 research group, were recently interviewed by Channel 14 News about their project studying comet ISON. This comet gained notoriety this holiday season because it reached perihelion on Thanksgiving Day. If it survived the close encounter with the Sun, its orbit would take it […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Oct. 14, 2013 – High Point University science students recently had the unique opportunity to meet with Dr. Don Winget, an astrophysicist at the University of Texas-Austin. Winget’s research focuses on white dwarf stars, which are the remains of stars similar to the Sun that have already used up all of their […]
