The School Welcomes Zhen Liu to the faculty
Posted January 8, 2021
Assistant Professor Zhen Liu joined the school on December 28, 2020. He is originally from Zhenghou, an ancient city in central China. “I grew up near the old dirt city wall built 2200 years ago,” Liu says.
Pribiag to help lead NSF-funded ‘Global Quantum Leap’
Posted October 30, 2020
Effort aims to accelerate the discovery of next generation computing and communications systems
Remembering Cecil “Jake” Waddington, 1929-2020
Posted October 21, 2020
Emeritus Professor Jake Waddington of the School of Physics and Astronomy passed away on October 1, 2020. He was 91 years old.
AGU Honors Pepin’s Distinguished Career in Planetary Science
Posted October 1, 2020
Professor Emeritus Robert Pepin of the School of Physics and Astronomy will receive the 2020 Fred Whipple Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Fortson Named APS Fellow
Posted October 1, 2020
Lucy Fortson, Professor and Associate Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy, has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Cattell named CSE Distinguished Professor
Posted September 10, 2020
Cynthia Cattell has been named as a College of Science and Engineering (CSE) Distinguished Professor.
Minnesota physicists complete detailed study of Higgs boson decays
Posted August 20, 2020
Physicists at the University of Minnesota have announced a detailed study of the physical processes where a Higgs boson is produced and decays to two photons.
Light from a black hole?
Posted July 1, 2020
Michael Coughlin, Assistant Professor in the School is part of an international team of astronomers who have seen what might be the first light ever detected from a black hole merger.
Zooniverse Experiences Quarantine Surge
Posted July 1, 2020
Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most successful citizen science platform, with over 2 million people contributing to research worldwide.
Physics Professor creating a smartphone device for COVID-19 diagnostic test
Posted July 1, 2020
Professor Jochen Mueller of the School of Physics and Astronomy is part of a collaboration at the University of Minnesota that is building a device for smartphones that will help health care providers identify the COVID-19 virus, i.e., SARS-CoV-2. The collaboration is accelerating research during this unprecedented crisis directed at the development of a point-of-care diagnostic test for use by healthcare providers - particularly in resource poor locations - to rapidly identify the virus in under ten minutes.