FTPI News

Steven Girvin

2026 Misel Family Public Lecture

19th Annual Misel Lecture with Professor Girvin, Yale University. Wednesday, October 28th @ 7:00 pm in the McNamara Alumni Center.
Anatoly Larkin

2025 Larkin Awards announced

The Fine Theoretical Physics Institute is proud to announce the 2025 Larkin Award recipients.
Poster for a lecture by Kip Thorne, featuring details about the event and an image of the speaker.

2025 Misel Family Public Lecture

18th Annual Misel Lecture with Professor Thorne, California Institute of Technology. Wednesday, October 29th @ 7:00 pm in the McNamara Alumni Center.
Maxim Pospelov

Pospelov awarded 2024 Frontiers of Science Award

FTPI Professor Maxim Pospelov was awarded a 2024 Frontiers of Science Award for his 2014 article, "Neutrino Trident Production: A Powerful Probe of New Physics with Neutrino Beams"
Kakalios with super hero action figures in the foreground

NASA’s MN Space Grant Consortium (MnSGC) Student Symposium

John T. Tate Hall will play host to NASA’s MN Space Grant Consortium (MnSGC) Student Symposium on Saturday, February 22, 2025 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.
Alex Kamenev and Yasha Gindikin

FTPI Researchers Uncover New Mechanism for Unconventional Superconductivity

Fine Theoretical Physics Institute postdoc researcher Yasha Gindikin and Professor Alex Kamenev recently published a paper highlighted by Physics Magazine for its potential to reshape our
Keith Olive

Keith Olive delivers MIfA Public Lecture

FTPI Professor Keith Olive delivered the MIfA Public Lecture on 11/13/24. The title of his talk was, "The Early Universe: A Journey to the Origin of Time."
Anatoly Larkin

2024 Larkin Awards announced

The Fine Theoretical Physics Institute is proud to announce the 2024 Larkin Award recipients.
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

2024 Misel Family Public Lecture

17th Annual Misel Lecture with Professor Jarillo-Herrero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wednesday, September 18th @ 7:00 pm in the McNamara Alumni Center.
Mikhail Shifman

Mikhail Shifman named "Regents Professor"

FTPI Professor Mikhail "Misha" Shifman was named a University of Minnesota Regents Professor.
Anatoly Larkin Headshot in front of shrubs

Larkin Award - Call for 2024 Nominations

The William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute (FTPI) at the University of Minnesota is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the Larkin Award in Theoretical Physics 2024.
Anatoly Larkin

2023 Larkin Awards announced

The Fine Theoretical Physics Institute is proud to announce the 2023 Larkin Award recipients.