Upcoming Events
Department Colloquia
Colloquium: Global Famine after Nuclear War
Alan Robock (Rutgers University)
Special Events
Center for Soft and Living Matter Special Seminar: Medium-range order and local structure fluctuations in metallic glass
Professor Xun-Li Wang, City University of Hong Kong
Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars
High Energy Theory Seminar: Black Holes as Probes for Ultralight Dark Matter
Bruno Bucciotti (Scuola Normale Superiore)
Seminars, Astro Seminars
Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"
Andrej Prsa (Villanova University)
Condensed and Living Matter Seminars
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Active phases and phase transitions drive pattern formation in motile populations of bacteria.
Josh Shaevitz (Princeton)
Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars
High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"
Ariane Dekker (University of Chicago)
Seminars, Astro Seminars
Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"
Lieke van Son (Flatiron Institute)
Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars
High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"
Thom Hartman (Cornell University)
Department News
Recent Scientific Developments on Cosmology and Particle Physics
A collaborative workshop bringing together participants from nearby universities to advance research in cosmology and particle physics.
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Space-Time: The Biggest Problem in Physics
As part of a series that seeks to unpack fundamental mysteries in theoretical physics, Quanta Magazine met with Vijay Balasubramanian
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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
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The 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.
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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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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.