Upcoming Events
Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars
High Energy Theory Seminar: Love numbers for astrophysical compact objects in theories beyond General Relativity
Kent Yagi (University of Virginia)
Department Colloquia, Rittenhouse Lectures
Rittenhouse Lecture: Measuring Cosmic Sound with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
Daniel Eisenstein (Harvard University)
Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars
High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"
Yasunori Nomura (Berkeley)
Condensed and Living Matter Seminars
Condensed, Soft & Living Matter Seminar: Light Probes and Structural Color in Dense Complex Media: Lost Between Single and Multiple Scattering
Frank Scheffold (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Seminars, Astro Seminars
Astrophysics Seminar: High-redshift star formation under the cosmic microscope with SPT+ALMA+JWST
Joaquin Vieira (UIUC)
Condensed and Living Matter Seminars
Condensed, Soft & Living Matter Seminar: Geometry for Many Body Systems: Geometrical Sum Rules and Lattice Models
Jie Wang (Temple University)
Department News
New high-definition pictures of the early universe
New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe’s infancy—the earliest cosmic
Read MorePhil Nelson receives Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching
The Lindback Awards for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Pennsylvania were established in 1961 with the help of the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation.
Read MoreRobert Johnson selected for the Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence by Non-Standing Faculty
Congratulations to Bob Johnson, who has been selected for the Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence by Non-Standing Faculty.
Read MoreWhat can theoretical physics teach us about knitting?
Penn physicist Randall Kamien, visiting scholar Lauren Niu, and collaborator Geneviève Dion of Drexel bring unprecedented levels of predictability to the ancient practice of knitting by developing
Read More2025 Sloan Research Fellows
The University of Pennsylvania’s Jason Altschuler, César de la Fuente,
Read MoreThe Missing Data Link
When Bhuvnesh Jain and Greg Ridgeway co-founded the Data Driven Discovery Initiative (DDDI) in 2021, their initial goal was to support the undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs acro
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