School of Physics and Astronomy
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School welcomes Professor Oskar Vafek
Meet Oskar Vafek, a new Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy's Fine Theoretical Physics Institute.
Janssen wins Abraham Pais Prize
Professor Michel Janssen of the School of Physics and Astronomy and the Program in History of Science, Technology and Medicine has won the American Physical Society (APS) 2026 Abraham Pais Prize for
DOE's quantum center SQMS Renewal Fuels UMN's Hunt for Dark Photons
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a $125 million, five-year renewal for the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems (SQMS) Center, a national research center led by DOE's
Discovery of robust negative dispersion of polaritons could lead to a new nano optics probe
Brayden Lukaskawcez, third year Ph.D. student in the School of Physics and Astronomy, is a lead author on a recent paper reporting the results of an experiment that observed abundant negative
Megan Schoenzeit (B.S. '25) recognized by APS and NSF awards programs
School of Physics and Astronomy alum Megan Schoenzeit ('25) recognized by two of the most prestigious awards programs for undergraduates in physics.
UMN and MIT launch first real-time machine learning search for colliding black holes
A joint effort between the University of Minnesota and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has achieved the first end-to-end, real-time search for binary black hole (BBH) mergers based entirely