Dr. Frances Cashman
Assistant Professor of Physics Presbyterian College

This screen grab of a recent Jeopardy! question featured research co-authored by Presbyterian College physics professor Dr. Frances Cashman.

Dr. Frances Cashman, an assistant professor of physics at Presbyterian College, never expected her research on the Large Magellanic Cloud’s circumgalactic medium to make it to prime-time TV—but that’s exactly what happened.

A recent episode of Jeopardy! featured a question inspired by her co-authored article, “The Truncated Circumgalactic Medium of the Large Magellanic Cloud” recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Contestants were asked about the dwarf galaxy neighboring the Milky Way, a key subject of Dr. Cashman’s study. While the astrophysics might have been complex, the trivia moment was simple:

PC’s influence has reached the stars.