Steven Girvin, a theoretical physicist and pioneer in the field of quantum physics, was recently named the Sterling Professor of Physics and professor of applied physics, effective immediately. A ...

Each year, the Department of Physics honors outstanding students, staff, and faculty at the Spring Recognition Ceremony in recognition of their exceptional research, teaching, or service to the ...

Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez gave her Last Lecture on May 14 to an auditorium filled with Bruins, her former students and fellow faculty. Thousands of Bruins voted for Ghez – who was one of 260 faculty ...

At the Spring 2025 Physics Recognition Ceremony, the Department of Physics recognizes outstanding students, staff and faculty in honor of their exceptional research, teaching and service to the ...

Asked to say a few words after being surprised with the news that he’d been named UMass Lowell’s 2024 Distinguished University Professor, Physics Prof. Supriya Chakrabarti instead reached into his ...

Princeton Professor Emeritus John Hopfield was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks,” ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Professor of Physics Dipangkar Dutta is a principal investigator on a groundbreaking experiment—revealing “symmetry” in physics doesn’t always behave as scientists ...

Four Iowa faculty members — Casey DeRoo, Donika Kelly, Greg LeFevre, and Mary Weber — have been selected as recipients of the Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Awards for 2026. The award provides fundin ...