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Physics Colloquium: Statistical Mechanics of Frustrated and Complex Self-Assembly (Prof. Xiaoming Mao, University of Michigan)Sep. 16

  • 3:15 pm
  • Regents Hall, Room 109

Physics Colloquium: Life in Complex Fluids (Prof. Paulo E. Arratia, University of Pennsylvania)Sep. 23

  • 3:15 pm
  • Regents Hall, Room 109

Physics Colloquium: Twisted Photons as a Platform for Controlling Ferroic Order and Spin Textures (Prof. Edwin Fohtung, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)Sep. 30

  • 3:15 pm
  • Regents Hall, Room 109

Physics Colloquium: From the glass transition to creep flows (Prof. Matthieu Wyart, Johns Hopkins University and EPFL)Oct. 7

  • 3:15 pm
  • Regents Hall, Room 109

Physics Colloquium: Dr. Johnpierre Paglione, Maryland Quantum Materials Center, University of MarylandOct. 14

  • 3:15 pm

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2025 Mayer Scholarship Recipient

August 29th, 2025

The Department of Physics is pleased to announce that Erin Marlowe is the recipient of the 2025 Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship, which supports a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.…

X-ray nanotomography of a curved magnetic thin film with perpendicular anisotropy reveals curvature-induced modifications in the magnetic configuration.

Curvature Induced Magnetism

August 14th, 2025

A Georgetown University team, led by postdoctoral fellow Dhritiman Bhattacharya and graduate students Colin Langton and Bradley Fugetta, has demonstrated how bending thin magnetic films can change the way the tiny magnetic regions inside them are arranged. Their work provides direct experimental evidence that curvature can induce a “handedness,” or chirality, in magnetic patterns—a finding that could be a game-changer for spintronics, a field that uses electron spin to store and process information.…