Upcoming Events
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PhD Defenses
Dissertation Defense: TRACK RECONSTRUCTION AND SEARCHING FOR MASSIVE, LONG-LIVED CHARGED PARTICLES AT ATLAS
Abraham Kahn
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Seminars, Astro Seminars
Astrophysics seminar: "TBA"
Fiona McCarthy (Cambridge and CCA)
Tomorrow
Condensed and Living Matter Seminars
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Topology, Spin and Orbital in DNA-type Chiral Quantum Materials
Binghai Yan (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars
High Energy Theory Seminar: Perturbations of Gibbons-Maeda Black Holes in Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton Theories
Christopher Pope (Texas A&M University)
Condensed and Living Matter Seminars
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Hybrid superconducting photonic circuits and quantum frequency conversion
Hong Tang (Yale University)
Special Events
Center for Soft & Living Matter Kickoff Meeting
The new Center for Soft and Living Matter at the University of Pennsylvania brings together over 60 faculty and their groups from more than 10 departments across campus in order to facilitate collaborations and to…
Department News
Sam Dillavou receives GSNP Annual Postdoctoral Speaker Award
The annual Postdoctoral Speaker Award sponsored by the American Physical Society’s Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (GSNP) was won by Sam D
Read MoreWhat to know: 2024 total solar eclipse
Gary Bernstein and Bhuvnesh Jain speak with Penn Today about the significance of the coming total eclipse.
Read MoreCongratulations to the Department of Physics and Astronomy’s Student Award Winners!
Award certificates will be presented before the Department Colloquium on April 10th at 3:30pm in DRL A8.
Read MoreMasao Sako: Faculty Co-Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Innovation
Provost John L. Jackson. Jr. and Deputy Provost Beth A.
Read MorePhysics & Astronomy's Daniel Gomes, Winner: Audience Choice 2024 Penn Grad Talks
On February 23, some of Penn Arts & Sciences’ top graduate students shared their insights with a packed house (and online audience) at the
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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.