Upcoming Events
Seminars, Astro Seminars
Astrophysics Seminar: What can we learn from the evolution of galaxy sizes?
Kalina Nedkova (Johns Hopkins University)
Condensed and Living Matter Seminars
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Search and Response Mechanisms in Active Soft Matter
Alireza Abbaspourrad (Cornell University)
Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars
High Energy Theory Seminar: The complex Liouville string
Victor Rodriguez (UCSB)
Seminars, Astro Seminars
Astrophysics Seminar: How micro galaxies could help constrain the properties of dark matter
Raphael Errani (Carnegie Mellon University)
Condensed and Living Matter Seminars
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Bacterial Swarm, An Active Matter State Enriched by Interfacial Fluid Dynamics
Jay Tang (Brown University)
Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars
High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"
David Berenstein (UCSB)
Condensed and Living Matter Seminars
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: TBA
Johnpierre Paglione (University of Maryland)
Seminars, Astro Seminars
Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"
Naoko Kurahashi Neilson (Drexel University)
Department News
An idea rooted in ‘twistronics’ yields an electrifying, ‘dizzying’ outcome
Researchers led by Ritesh Agarwal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Gene Mele of the School of Arts & Sciences uncovered how twisting multiple layers of a material can genera
Read MoreThe new mini moon
On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth welcomed 2024 PT5, a “mini-moon” temporarily captured by the planet’s orbit that’s set to depart on Monday, Nov. 25.
Read MoreEmeritus Professor Tom Lubensky awarded Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Prize of The International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS)
Emeritus Professor Tom Lubensky, was recently awarded the Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Prize of The International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS).
Read MoreCongratulations - Professor Dylan Rankin
Great news! Professor Dylan Rankin has won the US Department of Energy Early Career Award.
Read MoreCongratulations - Professor Joe Kroll
Great news - Please join us in congratulating Professor Joe Kroll, who has been named Robert I.
Read MoreNovel coupled nanopore platform offers greater precision for detecting molecules
Marija Drndić of the School of Arts & Sciences and Dimitri Monos of the Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia led a team of researchers who have developed a novel
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It is incumbent on us all as a global community of scientists to actively participate in the diversification of science, technology, engineering and mathematics by directly and intentionally engaging those groups that are underrepresented in our individual fields.
The Penn Physics & Astronomy Department offers a variety of research opportunities that bring students of a range of academic levels to Penn.