Students pictured at the Sigma Pi Sigma induction ceremony

CU Boulder Society of Physics Students wins national Distinguished Chapter Award

Jan. 29, 2024

The CU Boulder Society of Physics Students chapter was awarded a 2022-2023 Distinguished Chapter Award from the National Society of Physics Students organization. The award recognizes chapters for efforts including outreach, participation in community service, social events, interactions with alumni, and involvement in SPS programs.

Frank Oppenheimer standing in front of an oscillator

Frank Oppenheimer, Robert’s brother, honed physics teaching at CU Boulder

Jan. 25, 2024

Checkerboard pattern of qubits

Professor Rahul Nandkishore's group discovers new method to arrange qubits

Jan. 24, 2024

A new advancement in theoretical physics could, one day, help engineers develop new kinds of computer chips that might store information for long periods of time in very small objects.

Students in the renovated physics help room

Physics Help Room receives a refresh

Renovations to the Physics Help Room were recently completed providing a revamped space for students to work together, study and get help with physics courses.

graphical representation of mountains with lights

Professor Murray Holland awarded quantum seed grant

Jan. 23, 2024

The Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) with its door open at LASP.

Dust instrument led by Professor Mihály Horányi headed for NASA mission

Jan. 12, 2024

A photo of the Gamow Tower

Fall 2023 Student and Postdoc Awards for Teaching and Service

Dec. 22, 2023

Congratulations to the Fall 2023 winners of the Student and Postdoc Awards for Teaching and Service! Teaching Awards Roman Marcarelli: For outstanding contributions to the Physics 2010 and 2020 teaching teams both in labs and in the helproom, over multiple semesters. Donna dePolo: For outstanding contributions to the Physics 1230...

A blue laser beam excites a cube-shaped cloud of strontium atoms.

‘Tabletop’ physics experiments receive major funding, with Jun Ye leading key project

Dec. 15, 2023

In an exciting turn for physics research, four major foundations have announced a collaborative funding effort for 11 pioneering experiments. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Simons Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation have come together, committing a total of $30 million.

Nicholas Jenkins

Graduate student Nicholas Jenkins awarded prestigious SPIE scholarship

Dec. 14, 2023

Physics graduate student Nicholas Jenkins has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Nick Cobb Memorial Scholarship from SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.

Snow-covered flat iron mountains

Meet some of our Fall 2023 graduates

Dec. 8, 2023

We asked our graduating physics buffs what advice they had for other students, where they are headed after CU, and what they will carry with them into their next chapter.

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