New York University Dean of Science to speak at the Arthur O. Williams Distinguished Lecture Series

Congratulations to Assistant Professor (Research) Gaetano Barone, who received a 2024 Seed Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)! This annual program helps early-stage research projects grow, build collaborations, and find other funding sources.

Gaetano discusses the project, “Broadening the Horizons of Pico Second Silicon Devices to Space-Based Operations,” and its impacts below.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Matthias Kuehne, who received a 2024 Seed Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)! This annual program helps early-stage research projects grow, build collaborations, and find other funding sources.

Postdoctoral Research Associate Tucker Manton recoginized for volunteer advocacy work

Department of Physics community members can be featured in the next issue of "Imagine" magazine!

Get your study on!

Brown Physics joins the World Quantum Day initiative!

Stephon Alexander awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award

The Physics Department hosted a number of eclipse-related events, and physics community members shared with us their varied and wonderful eclipse experiences.

𝗔𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗟 𝟴𝗧𝗛, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰
𝟮–𝟰 𝗣𝗠 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡

First-year students build large-scale eclipse model in the Barus & Holley Lobby

50 students are heading to Rochester, New York to view the solar eclipse. 12 News Meteorologist Catie McNeil has the story.

The Physics Department is pleased to present a seminar, “The Wonder and Enigma of Eclipses,” featuring Stephon Alexander, Francine Jackson, and Angella Johnson. Read more below.

The Physics Fundamentals Series will premiere its latest installment on April 5th

He broke barriers as the first Black physicist in nearly every role. But his identity made him reach for dreams beyond his career as a scientist.

Physicist Walter Massey was the first Black professor of physics at Brown.

The Department's Perspectives Project expands to include Women's History Month!

The Brown University Astronomy Club announces total solar eclipse viewing expedition to Rochester, New York

Lead author Naiyuan (James) Zhang publishes a paper together with his advisor, Professor Jia Li.

Ph.D. students Farrah Simpson, Rutendo Jakachira and Refilwe Tanah Bua were featured in USA Today's Black History Month Special Edition.

The Caribbean Philosophical Association’s 2024 Frantz Fanon Award for Outstanding Achievements in Science, Philosophy and Leadership Goes to Stephon Alexander

Brown Physics kicked off an exciting joint venture on January 16, 2023 with the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and the Simons Flatiron Institute: the Winter School in Computational Physics!

Register for our free AI Winter Workshop, January 16-19.

The Department of Physics Colloquia feature outstanding guest speakers from all over the world presenting cutting-edge research. Our students in particular are encouraged to attend, although the seminars are open to the public.

Arrive early to claim your seat at these not-to-be-missed events!

Colloquia are held on Mondays at 4:00 p.m. in BH168, with exceptions noted below. Refreshments are served at 3:45 PM.

Professor Emeritus of Physics Herbert Fried passed away at the age of 94 on November 18, 2023.

As part of the Perimeter Institute Public Lecture Series, Stephon Alexander explains how the search for answers to deep cosmological puzzles parallels jazz improvisation.

For the Love of Physics: A Celebration of Music, Art and Nature

The Physics Department will feature Professor Roberto De Renzi in a Special Colloquium on Monday, November 13, 2023, at 2 PM.

Physics PhD student Rutendo Jakachira received a 2023 Google Fellowship in Health Research and secondary area in Algorithmic Fairness for her research on pulse oximetry. Congratulations, Rutendo!

Physics Alum Cengiz Pehlevan, Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has been selected to receive a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics will be announced on Tuesday, 3 October, 11:45 CEST at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm.

Brown University is pleased to announce the Provost’s STEM Postdoctoral Fellow Program.

"Effects of charge doping on Mott insulator with strong spin-orbit coupling"

R. Sekhar Chivukula, Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego and the chair of the Executive Committee of the Division of Particle Physics (DPF) at the American Physical Society (APS), recently announced the funding of the Division of Particle Physics (DPF) Meenakshi Narain Mentoring Award in honor of former Department Chair Meenakshi Narain.