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Second annual Granville Academy explores diversity and inclusion with undergraduate researchers

July 30, 2019
The second annual Granville Academy, a week of diversity and inclusion workshops for undergraduate students doing summer research in astronomy and physics, was held at the...

New Faculty 2020-2021

July 22, 2019
Eduardo Da Silva Neto, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Physics Biographical Sketch Eduardo H. da Silva Neto was born in Recife, Brazil in 1985. He obtained his B.A. in Physics...
From left to right: Leticia Cunqueiro (ORNL); Sarah Charley (CERN-US protocol office); Friederike Bock (ORNL); Constantin Loizides (ORNL); Thomas (T.L.) Cubbage (Deputy Undersecretary of Science at the DOE); Hannah Bossi (Yale graduate student); Jim Siegrist (Director of High Energy Physics at the DOE); Kristen Ellis (Chief of Staff for the Undersecretary of Science at the DOE); Chris Fall (Director of the DOE Office of Science); Frederico Antinori (Padova/CERN); Mateusz Ploskon (LBL). Photo courtesy of B

A recent high-level visit from members of the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Energy to the ALICE experiment at the LHC at CERN

July 18, 2019
A recent high-level visit from members of the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Energy to the ALICE experiment at the LHC at CERN. Photo of the entourage in the ALICE cavern...

Ramamurti Shankar named the Gibbs Professor of Physics

July 16, 2019
Ramamurti Shankar, recently appointed as the J.W. Gibbs Professor of Physics, focuses his research on theoretical condensed matter physics and quantum field theory. Click...
Crystal installation. Image courtesy of COSINE-100 collaboration.

Wright Lab Professor Reina Maruyama awarded NSF grant for COSINE-100 experiment

July 11, 2019
Wright Lab Professor Reina Maruyama  was awarded a continuing grant from the NSF for her research program to study dark matter, “Testing DAMA with the COSINE Experiment...