Upcoming Events
Seminars, HET and HEE Seminars
High Energy Theory Seminar: Perturbations of Gibbons-Maeda Black Holes in Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton Theories
Christopher Pope (Texas A&M University)
Condensed and Living Matter Seminars
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Hybrid superconducting photonic circuits and quantum frequency conversion
Hong Tang (Yale University)
Special Events
Center for Soft & Living Matter Kickoff Meeting
The new Center for Soft and Living Matter at the University of Pennsylvania brings together over 60 faculty and their groups from more than 10 departments across campus in order to facilitate collaborations and to…
Department News
American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently elected Charlie Kane as a new member
Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation
Read MoreSam Dillavou receives GSNP Annual Postdoctoral Speaker Award
The annual Postdoctoral Speaker Award sponsored by the American Physical Society’s Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (GSNP) was won by Sam D
Read MoreWhat to know: 2024 total solar eclipse
Gary Bernstein and Bhuvnesh Jain speak with Penn Today about the significance of the coming total eclipse.
Read MoreCongratulations to the Department of Physics and Astronomy’s Student Award Winners!
Award certificates will be presented before the Department Colloquium on April 10th at 3:30pm in DRL A8.
Read MoreMasao Sako: Faculty Co-Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Innovation
Provost John L. Jackson. Jr. and Deputy Provost Beth A.
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It is incumbent on us all as a global community of scientists to actively participate in the diversification of science, technology, engineering and mathematics by directly and intentionally engaging those groups that are underrepresented in our individual fields.
The Penn Physics & Astronomy Department offers a variety of research opportunities that bring students of a range of academic levels to Penn.