Departmental News
College Honors Outstanding Student Leaders, Faculty and Advisor at Annual Awards Ceremony
May 5, 2026
The ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Student Center was filled with celebration and pride as the College of Sciences and Humanities at ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ recognized its top student leaders, along with one distinguished faculty member and advisor, at the annual Dean’s Undergraduate Student…
Read More »Five ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ physicists among the top 2% most cited scientists world-wide
Feb. 12, 2026
ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Ohio.- Five ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ physicists 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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ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Scientists 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 ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ
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ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ physics alumna Dr. Dekrayat Almaalol receives 2024 Leona Woods Lectureship Award
April 22, 2024
ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Physics alumna Dr. Dekrayat Almaalol receives 2024 Leona Woods Lectureship Award from Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ hosts total eclipse events
April 8, 2024
ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ hosts the total eclipse events.
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ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Department of Physics hosts eclipse planetarium shows and more
March 31, 2024
ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ 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 ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ, 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 ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ 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 ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Department of Physics faculty
March 18, 2024
The ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Department of Physics is proud to welcome our newest faculty member, Dr. Zhangbu Xu.
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