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.
Professor Emanuele Berti helps Gizmodo readers better understand the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) in the new article titled "LISA: What the Revolutionary Gravitational Wave Observatory Will Actually See"
Postdoctoral Fellow Nashwan Sabti, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Marc Kamionkowski, and former graduate student in the department Julian Munoz co-authored an article titled "Insights from HST into Ultramassive Galaxies and Early-Universe Cosmology" for Physical Review Letters that has been chosen as one of 50 articles in the Physical Review Letter Collection of the Year...
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.