Dr. Daniel Pitonyak, assistant professor of physics, Josh Miller ’21 (physics and mathematics), Michael Malda ’22 (physics and analytical finance), and physicists from Penn State Berks and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility published “Updated QCD global analysis of single transverse-spin asymmetries: Extracting H~, and the role of the Soffer bound and lattice QCD”.  The article appeared in the peer-reviewed journal Physical Review D, a leading journal in elementary particle physics research. The authors analyzed additional theoretical and experimental constraints on phenomena in high-energy collisions called single transverse-spin asymmetries and showed their consistency with the underlying mechanism of quark-gluon-quark correlations.  The research was funded by Dr. Pitonyak’s National Science Foundation grant.

Dr. Daniel Pitonyak, assistant professor of physics, and Joshua Miller ’21, physics and mathematics, presented their summer research, funded by an Edward H. and Jeanne Donlevy Arnold Grant, at the American Physical Society Division of Nuclear Physics Conference in Virginia Oct. 14. Pitonyak presented “Global Analysis of Quark-Gluon Correlations in Hadrons,” and Miller gave a poster presentation, “3-Dimensional Hadronic Structure from Transverse-Spin Observables in High-Energy Collisions.” Their research is focused on better understanding the structure of the proton and the most fundamental pieces of matter that compose it.

Dr. David Bolton ’89, mathematics, was named superintendent of Pennridge. He previously served as assistant superintendent for elementary education in the Central Bucks School District.

The academic and athletic honors continue to rack up for LVC Allwein Scholar Nate Gibbons ’18, a physics and mathematics double major from Frederick, Md. His most recent award has him named to the Middle Atlantic Conference’s All-Academic Team.

Dustin Adams ’13, computer & data science and mathematics, was named president of the Northeast Berks Chamber of Commerce, Kutztown. Adams, who owns an Edward Jones branch, has been active in the chamber, including as a director and member of several committees and task forces.