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