Recent events, including the death of George Floyd, have attracted the attention of many theorists (physicists interested in fundamental physics - High Energy Theory, string theory, etc.), to focus on issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion within STEM generally, and within fundamental physics specifically.

Prof. Dmitri Feldman has been named a 2020 APS Outstanding Referee. Honorees are selected based on the quality, number, and timeliness of their reports.

The Outstanding Referee program was instituted in 2008 to recognize scientists who have been exceptionally helpful in assessing manuscripts for publication in the APS journals. The highly selective Outstanding Referee program annually recognizes about 150 of the roughly 71,000 currently active referees.

The worldwide response of moral revulsion triggered by the broad dissemination of a video showing the extrajudicial execution of Mr. George Floyd (as the crescendo to far too many such occurrences) has compelled even the organizers of the ‘Strings 2020’ conference to engage me in this conversation for their global cyberspace attendees. Thus, I feel a duty to respond.

Registration is now open for the virtual APS April Meeting, which will be held online April 18 - 21. Attendance is free of charge and open to APS members and non-members. Simply register to connect.

The Physics Department is currently closed. All members are working remotely and can be reached via email. For latest updates on COVID-19, please visit Brown University's Covid-19 webpage.

Celebrating the womxn in our department and the many contributions they make to our community.

Congratulations to Prof. Jia (Leo) Li, Prof. Kemp Plumb, Prof. Dmitri Feldman, Prof. Brad Marston, Prof. Meenakshi Narain, and Prof. Gregory Tucker.

The Physics DUG, in collaboration with Yale’s Society of Physics Students, co-hosted Brown’s first Society of Physics Students Zone Meeting from Friday to Saturday October 23-24, 2020.

The Big Bang Science Fair brings science communication and outreach to an arts festival in Rhode Island.

Theoretical physicist talks new forensics research, role models, communicating science

Physics Graduate Student, Joseph Skitka, has been selected as a recipient of an IBES Graduate Fellowship for the 2016-2017 academic year. The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society has partnerships with fifteen University departments, providing graduate students with the flexibility to pursue a rigorous disciplinary education while simultaneously conducting valuable, stimulating multi-disciplinary research.

Students benefit from the interdisciplinary environment of the Institute while working under the direction of an IBES fellow within his or her home department. IBES supports its graduate students with a host of fellowship, research, and travel funding opportunities.

There were five Brown professors named on Thomson Reuters’ list of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds of 2015,” a compilation of nearly 3,000 researchers who have authored papers written from 2003 to 2013 that were highly cited in their publication year. This method “seeks out authors who have consistently produced papers, which have, in turn, won peer approval,” the website states. Thomson Reuters also selects researchers who have authored “Hot Papers,” which attract citations almost immediately following publication. Among those five professors was Physics Professor, Greg Tucker. Click on the link to read the full article.

TEDxMosesBrownSchool - Meenakshi Narain Ph.D. - Journey to the Early Universe