News Releases

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  Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition Awardees Announced

  24 November 2009
  The OSA Foundation is pleased to announce the first award winners of the Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition. Debuting at the Optical Society’s (OSA) Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics (FiO), one recipient was chosen from each of the seven FiO subcommittees.
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  Elsevier Awards $25,000 to OSA Foundation for Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition Finalists Announced

  03 September 2009
  The OSA Foundation today announced the receipt of $25,000 from Optics Communications in support of the Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition. Finalists for the competition were also announced.
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  OSA Foundation Announces New Funding for Optics Programs

  10 July 2009
  The OSA Foundation today announced the details of the programs it will fund in 2010. The programs include new and continuing grants for optics education programs, OSA student member activities and student travel to OSA-sponsored meetings.
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  Theodore Maiman Student Paper Competition Winner Announced

  03 June 2009
  The OSA Foundation, HRL Laboratories LLC, the IEEE Photonics Society and the APS Division of Laser Science are pleased to announce Georg Anetsberger of the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics in Germany as the winner of the first annual Theodore Maiman Student Paper Competition.
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  Theodore Maiman Student Paper Competition Semi-Finalists Announced

  29 May 2009
  The OSA Foundation, HRL Laboratories LLC, the IEEE Photonics Society and the APS Division of Laser Science today announced the semi-finalists for the first annual Theodore Maiman Student Paper Competition.
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  First Recipient of the Infinera Outstanding Student Recognition Announced

  28 April 2009
  The OSA Foundation and Infinera are pleased to announce that Ming-Chun Tien from the University of California, Berkeley has been given the first Infinera Outstanding Student Recognition Prize for his paper titled “Optofluidic Assembly of InGaAsP Microdisk Lasers on Si Photonic Circuits with Submicron Alignment Accuracy.”
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  Corning Student Paper Competition Winner Announced

  28 April 2009
  The OSA Foundation and Corning Incorporated are pleased to announce Jeffrey Lee of the University of Technology Eindhoven in The Netherlands as the winner of this year’s Corning Outstanding Student Paper Competition. Jeffrey Lee was awarded top honors for his paper “Discrete Multitone Modulation for High-Speed Data Transmission over Multimode Fibers Using 850-nm VCSEL.”
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  OSA Foundation Partners with Rochester Local Section of OSA to Bring Optics Demonstrations to Worldwide Audience

  14 January 2009
  The OSA Foundation (OSAF) announced today that its two-year partnership with the Rochester Local Section of OSA (ROSA) has resulted in the distribution of educational materials to more than 3,500 students in 17 countries through the groups’ Optics Education and Demonstrations Program.
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  OSA Foundation Establishes New Student Paper Competition to Honor Optics Pioneer Emil Wolf

  20 October 2008
  The OSA Foundation today announced the establishment of the Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition. The new competition honors University of Rochester Professor Emil Wolf’s many contributions to science and the Optical Society (OSA). Awards will be given annually in recognition of innovation and research excellence to students presenting their work during OSA’s Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics (FiO).
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  OSA Foundation Awards First Annual Harvey M. Pollicove Memorial Scholarship

  13 October 2008
  The OSA Foundation (OSAF) is pleased to announce Katie Hasman as the winner of the first annual Harvey M. Pollicove Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship, which honors optics manufacturing pioneer Harvey Pollicove, is given to an outstanding student pursuing a degree in the field of precision optics manufacturing.

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Coherent and Edmund Optics Adopt Student Chapters

Offering students technical and professional development opportunities is one of the OSAF's areas of priority. Recognizing the importance of this work, Coherent, Inc. and Edmund Optics have generously provided funding to support special resources, and activity and travel grants for OSA Student Chapters.