2002
- Prof. Thomas Ferbel Awarded a Senior PPARC Fellowship For a Sabbatical Year at Imperial College
- Graduate Student Un Ki Yang Receives URA/Fermilab Award for Best Ph.D. Thesis Done at Fermilab
- Prof. Emil Wolf Receives Esther Hoffman Beller Award From the Optical Society of America
- Undergraduate Laura Schmidt Awarded University's Catherine Block Memorial Fund Prize
- Undergraduate Elizabeth Strychalski Awarded University's Janet Howell Clark Prize
- Prof. Kevin McFarland to Receive NSF CAREER Award
- Graduate Student Mark Houk Wins University's Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Department of Physics and Astronomy Ranked 6th Nationwide in Atomic/Molecular/Optical/Plasma US News Survey
- Prof. Robert Boyd Named as the First M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics
- Undergraduate Jason Nordhaus Wins Goldwater Scholarship
- Prof. Steven Manly Named College's Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
- Prof. Stephen Teitel Awarded University Bridging Fellowship
- Prof. Judith Pipher Receives University's Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award
2001
- Profs. Riccardo Betti, Robert Boyd, Thomas Foster and Paul Tipton Elected Fellows of the American Physical Society
- Department of Physics and Astronomy Ranked 2nd Nationwide in Overall Graduate Student Satisfaction
- Undergraduate Albert Wang a Finalist for Apker Prize of the American Physical Society
- Graduate Student Michael Fitch Awarded URA/Fermilab Award for Best Ph.D. Thesis
- Prof. Leonard Mandel Elected a Member of the National Academy
- Prof. Kevin McFarland Receives Cottrel Scholars Award
- Graduate Student Kevin Wright Wins University's Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Lecturer Priscilla Auchincloss Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Graduate Student Un Ki Yang Receives Honorable Mention in "Outstanding Young Researcher Award" of the American Korean Physics Association
- Prof. Paul Tipton and Senior Research Associate Pawel deBarbaro Selected to Serve on National Department of Energy Committees
- Prof. Kevin McFarland Selected to Serve on DOE/NSF Panel to Chart Next 20 Years for High Energy Physics
2000
- Profs. Stephen Teitel and John Thomas Elected Fellows of the American Physical Society
- Prof. Joseph Eberly Named a Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Undergraduate Albert Wang Wins 2nd Prize in Poster Competition at Meeting of the NYS Chapter of the American Physical Society
- Prof. Nicholas Bigelow Named Lee A. DuBridge Chair in Physics
- Prof. Joseph Eberly Receives University's Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Education
- Prof. Eric Blackman Receives Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development Award From Department of Energy
- Prof. Emil Wolf Receives University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
1999
- Graduate Student Jane Wesley Wins University Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Prof. Lynne Orr Receives University's Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Prof. Adam Frank Receives Popular Writing Award of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society
- Prof. Edward Thorndike Wins Panofsky Prize of the American Physical Society
- Prof. Kevin McFarland Name Department of Energy Outstanding Young Investigator
- Undergraduate Govind Krishnaswami Receives Apker Award of the American Physical Society