News
Physicist Receives DOE Funding for Fusion Projects
University of Texas at Austin researcher Saeid Houshmandyar will collectively receive roughly $900,000 from the Department of Energy (DOE) over three years to fund fusion and...Emmett L. Hudspeth Centenniel Lectureship in Physics 2019: Prof. Nergis Mavalvala, MIT
Prof. Nergis Mavalvala is giving the 2019 Emmett L. Hudspeth Centinnial Lectureship in Physics on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. The title of her talk is "Gravitational...Saturday Physics Workshop, March 30th, 2019
The Saturday Physics Workshop is a free workshop designed for high school Physics teachers and students. The Department of Physics sponsors this workshop to provide...Remembering Jim Thompson
This month, the Department of Physics lost an esteemed member of its community, former professor James Chilton Thompson, who died July 16 at the age of...New Imaging Technique Could Speed Development of Sound-based Materials and Devices
Artistic rendering of acoustic wave interference in lithium niobate domains measured by scanning microwave impedance microscope. Image credit: Ella Maru Studio Thanks to a chance discovery,...Seminal Paper in the Standard Model of Particle Physics Turns 50
Fifty years ago this month, UT Austin theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Stephen Weinberg published a paper that laid out a unified theory of the electromagnetic...Tamura Symposium on Lepton and Baryon Symmetry
Monday and Tuesday of this week, the Department of Physics with Osaka University in Japan are jointly holding the 12th Tamura Symposium on Lepton and Baryon...Remembering A. Wilson Nolle
Physics professor emeritus Alfred Wilson Nolle passed away on February 11 at the age of 97 in Austin. Dr. Nolle was a UT Austin alum, who...Remembering Larry Shepley
Larry C. Shepley, Associate Professor Emeritus of Physics, died on December 30, 2016, after a long illness. Larry received his B.A. from Swarthmore College and his...Fall 2016 Letter from the Chair
Dear Physics Community of Alumni, Parents and Friends, The Fall semester has been going well. We welcomed a new faculty member, Andrew Potter, who joined us...Phil Morrison's dynamics
Phil receiving the Carl Friedrich von Siemens-Forschungspreis der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung in Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin July 7, 2016. Philip Morrison first studied German as an undergraduate...Summer 2016 Newsletter
The Summer 2016 Physics Department Newsletter is now available. Check it out here: Summer 2016 Departmental NewsletterFall 2015 Newsletter
Dear Alumni and Friends, I am happy to be sending you our Fall newsletter, and I hope you enjoy reading the linked reports about the exciting...Xiaoqin (Elaine) Li Elected to the American Physical Society
The American Physical Society has elected four faculty members from The University of Texas Austin as Fellows for their groundbreaking work in the field of physics....Department of Physics Saturday Workshop
The University of Texas Department of Physics is sponsoring a free workshop as a means to provide teachers and students with a broad perspective on topics...Physicist Recognized for Teaching Excellence
A professor in the College of Natural Sciences has been named to the University of Texas at Austin's respected Academy of Distinguished Teachers for 2015. Provost...
Vernita Gordon, Assistant Professor in Physics, discovers bacteria can block their own growth
AUSTIN, Texas — Researchers studying a dangerous type of bacteria have discovered that the bacteria have the ability to block both their own growth and the...
Physics' Mark Raizen awarded $1 million from Keck Foundation
Physics professor Mark Raizen has been awarded a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation. Raizen is one of two scientists at The University...
Professor Jacques Distler on Time Travel
If you are interested in the science of time travel, click on the link to watch an interview with Professor Jacques Distler and KXAN...
