Senior Elizabeth Bednar, this year’s STAR Student at St. Aloysius, plans to study physics at Mississippi State.

A group of undergraduate students pulled off something remarkable: they built their own dark matter detector and used it to ...

Dr. Erin MacDonald opens the conference as the first plenary speaker, sharing her journey from astronomy to science advising for various "Star Trek" shows, resulting in the producers creating an ...

Ariella Atencio is one of only 62 PhD students across the nation selected for the prestigious Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program. As a third-year ...

The high stakes and intimidating reputation of physics classes can lead to plenty of stress for students new to the ...

A party’s on at Synergy, but the partygoers aren’t any ordinary attendees. In fact, most of them are physics majors. This “phrave,” or physics rave, was organized by the Stanford University Physics ...

At the Spring 2025 Physics Recognition Ceremony, the Department of Physics recognizes outstanding students, staff and faculty in honor of their exceptional research, teaching and service to the ...

A physics degree teaches students how to model, analyze, and solve complex problems, skills sought after by employers in science, engineering, computing, finance, and even data science. At Willamette, ...