Duane Physics building
Physics offices to undergo major renovations

Here's where you can find us starting May 22, 2024

Researchers in astronomy, physics, and math
Physics team awarded $38k from Dean鈥檚 Innovation Fund to improve undergraduate research access
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SPIE commits $100,000 in matching funds to grow Quantum Scholars Program
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Frank Oppenheimer, Robert鈥檚 brother, honed physics teaching at CU Boulder
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Professor Bethany Wilcox receives multiple teaching honors
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Students and employers connect at the Physics and Quantum Career & Internship Fair

60

full-time faculty

4

Nobel Prizes in Physics听since 2001

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in research expenditures in 2023

#1

best public university in atomic, molecular and optical physics
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316

PhD students

100

undergraduate degrees awarded annually

Physics in the News

Abbas Hassani receives the 2023 CMS Award from Patty McBride, CMS Spokesperson.

Graduate student Abbas Hassani receives 2023 CMS Award

Abbas Hassani, a graduate student in the high energy physics group, has been recognized with a 2023 Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment (CMS) Award for his outstanding contributions to the Silicon Pixel Detector in 2023.

Scott Diddams pictured in the lab with students
CU Boulder, Elevate Quantum partners ready for $127M regional quantum boost
An extremely cold gas of strontium atoms is trapped in a web of light known as an optical lattice.
Jun Ye's group builds most precise atomic clock
Infleqtion logo
Infleqtion fellowships inspire physics graduate students
Aju Jugessur, Juliet Gopinath, Scott Diddams and Cindy Regal, who will lead the realization of a new facility at CU Boulder for making incredibly small devices. (Credit: Patrick Campbell/CU Boulder)
CU Boulder wins $20M to lead National Quantum Nanofab facility
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Announcements

Physics Course Availability
TASI Public Lecture, Monday, June 17: "Reimagining the Exploration of Fundamental Interactions with AI"
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Spring 2024 Commencement Ceremony Photos Now Available
Congratulations to the Spring 2024 Teaching and Service Award Winners
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Apply for Undergraduate Research Expo funds to pursue research
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Apply for the 2024-2025 Quantum Scholars Program by May 6, 2024
Saturday Physics Lecture Series Presents, "Quantum computing: what is it and how far along are we?" March 16
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Fifty-Third George Gamow Memorial Lecture to be presented by Dr. Andrea Ghez
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