Upcoming Events
Tomorrow
Seminars
Astrophysics Seminar: Exploring solutions to the galaxy diversity problem
Akaxia Cruz (Flatiron Institute/Princeton University)
Tomorrow
Condensed and Living Matter Seminars
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: "Robots that evolve on demand"
Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio (Yale)
Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars
High Energy Theory Seminar: Apparent Fine Tunings for Field Theories with Broken Space-Time Symmetries
Alberto Nicolis (Columbia University)
Seminars, Astro Seminars
Astrophysics Seminar: Mapping Cosmic Star Formation with the CO Mapping Array Project
Patrick Breysse (NYU)
Condensed and Living Matter Seminars
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Van der Waals magnets and antiferromagnets interacting with electron spins
Dan Ralph (Cornell University)
PhD Defenses
Dissertation Defense: "Design Principles for Efficient Transport in Physical Networks"
Georgios Gounaris
Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars
High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"
Liam McAllister (Cornell)
Department Colloquia
Colloquium: "TBA"
Liang Wu (University of Pennsylvania)
Department News
Emeritus 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).
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Congratulations - Professor Dylan Rankin
Great news! Professor Dylan Rankin has won the US Department of Energy Early Career Award.
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Congratulations - Professor Joe Kroll
Great news - Please join us in congratulating Professor Joe Kroll, who has been named Robert I.
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Novel 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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Congratulations to the Department of Physics and Astronomy’s Student Award Winners!
Award certificates will be presented before the Department Colloquium on September 11th at 3:30pm in DRL A8.
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Boosting the frequency of sound waves to make the next generation of wireless devices
Vincent Kerler, a second-year physics major in the College of Arts
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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.