Enrico Fermi

F. Sherwood Rowland dies at 84; UC Irvine professor won Nobel Prize

2012-03-12 00:00:00

F. Sherwood Rowland, the UC Irvine chemistry professor who warned the world that man-made chemicals could erode the ozone layer, has died. He was 84. Rowland, known as Sherry, died Saturday at his home in Corona del Mar of complications from Parkinson'...

UC Irvine Nobel winner F. Sherwood Rowland dies

2012-03-11 21:37:02

Maurice Goldhaber dies at 100; noted nuclear and particle physicist

2011-05-25 00:00:00

Maurice Goldhaber, one of the pioneers of modern physics whose experiments helped create the current understanding of how the world works, died May 11 at his home on Long Island, N.Y., after a short illness. He had celebrated his 100th birthday less...

Albert V. Crewe dies at 82; physics professor captured first image of an atom

2009-11-27 00:00:00

Albert V. Crewe, a physics professor who captured the first image of a single atom and later obtained the first images of atoms in motion, has died. He was 82. A former director of Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, Crewe died Nov. 18 of...

Jack Cover dies at 88; scientist invented the Taser stun gun

2009-02-13 00:00:00

Jack Cover, an aerospace scientist who invented the Taser stun gun -- a device used by thousands of law enforcement agencies to subdue unruly offenders with electrical shocks -- has died. He was 88. Cover had Alzheimer's disease and died of pneumonia...

Stanley Miller, 77; chemist was a pioneer in studying the origins of life

2007-05-24 00:00:00

Stanley Miller, the UC San Diego chemist who was the first to demonstrate that the organic molecules necessary for life could be generated in a laboratory flask simulating the primitive Earth's atmosphere, died Sunday from heart failure in a hospital in...

Class Acts: Kerry Davis, Enrico Fermi High School, Enfield

2012-07-03 09:48:00

For Enrico Fermi High School valedictorian Kerry Davis, the most rewarding moment of high school came not in the classroom, but on a field hockey green. During her junior year, Davis's varsity team made it to the second round of the state championship....

Connecticut Teen With Cerebral Palsy Strives To Ski In 2014 Paralympics

2011-10-07 10:29:00

Fifteen-year-old Andrew Haraghey's hard work may make his dream to ski with the United States Adaptive Ski Team in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Russia a reality. Andrew, a sophomore at Enrico Fermi High School in Enfield, has spastic diplegia, a form...

Father of Slain Marine Calls Son's Death 'Pointless'

2012-04-25 13:02:00

The father of a Marine and former Enfield resident who was killed by another Marine inWashington, D.C., on Saturday said the slaying was "pointless and too horryfing to imagine." Philip Bushong, 23, had been a student at Enrico Fermi High School in...

Residents Needed For Enfield High School Consolidation Committee

2012-01-31 06:37:00

Enfield Renaming Baseball Fields After Soldiers

2011-05-26 15:38:47

U. of C. shows items from Atomic Age time capsule

2011-06-02 17:20:00

A 1948 University of Chicago telephone directory —- the size of a booklet —- and a Capital Airlines timetable were among the relics in a time capsule that one of the fathers of the atomic bomb placed inside a campus science building more...

"When I've had a really tough day, I love to go out there [to play sports] and just have fun. It keeps me going. Then I'm able to focus more when I get home." - Kerry Davis, Enrico Fermi HS, Enfield

2012-07-02 00:00:00

where she is pursuing a double major in Visual Arts and Elementary Education. During her junior year, she spent a semester studying art in Florence, Italy, and had her work exhibited in two small shows. Her artwork on the cover, titled "Heyday of the Decorators.

2008-12-28 00:00:00

Zakary Hughes, left, holds up a yellow card to indicate the candidate had 30 seconds remaining to answer a question during a debate of the three 2nd Congressional Distrist candidates Tuesday night at Enrico Fermi High School. David Allen , center,holds the red card signaling "times up," and Greg

2008-10-21 00:00:00