With its world-renowned faculty and state-of-the-art facilities, the William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy combines the best aspects of a top research university with the more intimate learning environment typical of small liberal arts colleges.
Graduate students have flexibility in choosing their course of research and designing their path through the program.
Whether your interest is in astronomy, condensed matter, particle physics, or plasma spectroscopy, you'll find state-of-the-art tools at your disposal.
Students have the opportunity to work with experts in a wide range of fields, even as undergraduates.
The department's chapter of the Society of Physics Students has been named an Outstanding Chapter for 2024 by the American Institute of Physics. Criteria for Outstanding SPS Chapter recognition includes participation in SPS programs and meetings, outreach efforts, and contributions to student recruitment.
In a new paper published by The Astrophysical Journal today, a team led by PhD candidate Nicole Crumpler has detected a long-theorized but very subtle effect in the White Dwarf “mass-radius relation."
Assistant Professor Danielle Speller received the 2024 Joseph A. Johnson Award for Excellence from the American Institute of Physics and the National Society of Black Physicists. Speller is recognized for neutrinoless double beta decay and dark matter research and for mentoring the next generation of aspiring physicists. “Dr. Speller not only explores the secrets of...