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Appointment of Professor Justin Khoury as co-Director of the Center for Particle Cosmology
The Center for Particle Cosmology would like to announce an important leadership change. Professor Mark Trodden, who has co-directed the center since its founding in 2009, was recently announced as the new Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, and has decided to step down as co-Director, effective May 1, 2025. Professor Trodden will, however, continue as a key member and contributor to the Center.
Congratulations to Max Cohen!
We are pleased to announce that Max Cohen is the recipient of the 2025-2026 Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Innovation (CETLI) Fellowship.
Congratulations - Dr. Monica Jinwoo Kang!
We are pleased to announce that the 2025 AKPA Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) will be awarded to Dr.
Mark Trodden named dean of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences
Mark Trodden has been named dean of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Thomas S. Gates Jr. Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, effective June 1. The announcement was made today by Penn President J. Larry Jameson and Provost John L. Jackson Jr.
For a better cup of coffee, look to physics
Researchers led by Arnold Mathijssen of the School of Arts & Sciences have applied fluid mechanics to brew the best cup of pour-over coffee using the fewest granules. The findings have potential application to other systems such as surface erosion, filtration, and even wastewater management.
2025 Dean's Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research
Arnold Mathijssen is the recipient of the 2025 Dean's Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research. This award recognizes Professor Mathijssen’s multi-dimensional contributions to undergraduate education in the School of Arts and Sciences. The Dean's Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research is presented to SAS standing faculty members for meaningful engagement of undergraduate students in research due to exceptional nurturing and facilitating by faculty.
Congratulations to the Department of Physics and Astronomy’s Student Award Winners!
The Department Colloquium when the awards given out is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9th at 3:30pm in DRL A8.
The Elias Burstein Prize
Jonathan Stensberg - “For his pioneering works on terahertz studies on topological superconductivity.”
Correlated Structural and Optical Characterization of Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Correlative imaging using transmission electron microscopy and photoluminescence microscopy reveals the complex connections between material morphology, surface contaminants, and optical properties of hexagonal boron nitride.
Congratulations to our ATLAS Faculty!
The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to researchers from the ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, and LHCb Experiments at CERN!
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 time currently accessible to humans. Measuring light that travelled for more than 13 billion years to reach a telescope high in the Chilean Andes, the telescope’s images reveal the universe when it was about 380,000 years old—the equivalent of hours-old baby pictures of a now middle-aged cosmos.