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Physics Colloquium: Wearable Microfluidic Devices for Personalized Healthcare (Prof. Amay Bandodkar, NC State University)Sep. 15

  • 3:15 pm
  • Regents Hall, Room 109

Physics Colloquium: Prof. Yichao Zhang, UMDSep. 22

  • 3:15 pm
  • Regents Hall, Room 109

Physics Colloquium: Measuring interactions in fluid mixtures by pulling on (simulated) molecules (Prof. Scott Milner, Penn State University)Sep. 29

  • 3:15 pm
  • Regents Hall, Room 109

Physics Colloquium: Prof. Daniel Goldman, Georgia Institute for TechnologyOct. 6

  • 3:15 pm
  • Regents Hall, Room 109

ISM DAY 2026Oct. 15

  • 9:00 am
  • Healey Family Student Center & Regents Hall

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2026 Mayer Scholarship Recipients

September 2nd, 2026

The Department of Physics is pleased to announce that Raheen Iqbal and Colin Langton are the recipients of the 2026 Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship, which supports graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics…

Aya Ahmed

Georgetown physics major wins research poster award

August 11th, 2026

Aya Ahmad, a rising junior physics major, was recently named one of the top presenters at the 2026 Physical and Life Sciences Summer Student Showcase at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.…

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Professor Freericks authors new quantum textbook

August 7th, 2026

Quantum Mechanics Done Right: The shortest path from novice to researcher, by James K. Freericks, has been published by Springer Nature. The book introduces a representation-independent paradigm…