Physics
- The ROTC cadet and physics major turned naval aviator turned admiral was appointed commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in early 2024.
- Ivan Smalyukh and Tom Blumenthal are named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder alum and experienced caver Dave Steinmann recently discovered a new species of pseudoscorpion in Mallory Cave, with a moniker honoring its namesake hometown.
- New Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder research harnesses the power of an ultrafast microscope to study molecular movement in space and time.
- Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Professor Jamie Nagle will discuss the quarks and gluons that formed at the Big Bang in his Distinguished Research Lecture Feb. 6.
- At the program’s December meeting, Todd Saliman reaffirmed CU’s commitment to the quantum education and research happening on campus.
- Blair Seidlitz, now a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University, studied near-collisions of nuclear beams at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, and he did so despite having severely limited vision.
- General Physics for Majors course designed by Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Professors Eric Cornell and Paul Beale shows students that the furthest reaches of science are built on fundamental concepts.
- Astrophysicist who confirmed black hole at galaxy’s center to speak March 5 at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder.
- In a little-known chapter of university history, the Manhattan Project scientist taught for several years in the Department of Physics, and his legacy appears in the fabric of the department.