Departmental News
Five ÂÌñÉçphysicists among the top 2% most cited scientists world-wide
Feb. 12, 2026
Kent Ohio.- Five ÂÌñÉçphysicists are recognized among the top 2% most cited scientists world-wide: Veronica Dexheimer, Antal Jakli, Oleg Lavrentovich, Jonathan Selinger, and Deng-Ke Yang. Congratulations to all! …
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ÂÌñÉçScientists Help Measure Primordial Matter at Trillions of Degrees
Oct. 14, 2025
UPTON, N.Y. — October 14, 2025 — An international team of researchers has directly measured the temperature of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) — the superhot primordial matter that filled the universe just millionths of a second after the Big Bang. Among the leaders of this…
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US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GRANTS PRESTIGIOUS RESEARCH AWARD TO PHYSICS PHD STUDENT
Sept. 2, 2025
US Department of Energy grants graduate student research award (SCGSR) to Physics PhD student Maci Kesler at ÂÌñÉç
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ÂÌñÉç physics alumna Dr. Dekrayat Almaalol receives 2024 Leona Woods Lectureship Award
April 22, 2024
ÂÌñÉç Physics alumna Dr. Dekrayat Almaalol receives 2024 Leona Woods Lectureship Award from Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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ÂÌñÉç Department of Physics hosts eclipse planetarium shows and more
March 31, 2024
ÂÌñÉç Department of Physics hosts eclipse planetarium shows and more.
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Dr. Oleg Lavrentovich and collaborators publish an article in Science on ferroelectric liquid crystals
March 22, 2024
Dr. Lavrentovich, professor of Physics at ÂÌñÉç, and collaborators publish an article in Science.
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Lecture Hall, Event Space, or Night Sky?
March 19, 2024
Did you know we have a planetarium? Well, we do. Smith Hall at ÂÌñÉç is home to this versatile room that can be used for classes, events and can even replicate an easier-to-see version of the night sky.
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Dr. Zhangbu Xu joins the ÂÌñÉç Department of Physics faculty
March 18, 2024
The ÂÌñÉç Department of Physics is proud to welcome our newest faculty member, Dr. Zhangbu Xu.
Read More »Physics professor receives a DOE topical collaboration grant to study heavy-quark physics
Jan. 23, 2023
Dr. Michael Strickland's group will participate in a new Topical Theory Collaboration funded by DOE’s Office of Nuclear Physics to explore the behavior of heavy flavor particles. The collaboration will receive $2.5 Million from the DOE Office of Science, Office of Nuclear…
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