2022 Hoodie Ceremony
    PHYS 260/261 (2018-19) reunion. Photo by Steven Girvin
    Edward Bouchet mural by Kwadwo Adae on Henry Street, New Haven
    Research group
    Quantum sensors
    Instrumentation Lunch presentation
    Optical table
    Seminar
    PROSPECT assembly
    Presentation
    SBND APA
    Poster session
    Outreach
    Physics graduates
    Yale Pathways to Science outreach
    Outreach with Yale Pathways to Science
    Optical trapping of microspheres
    HAYSTAC
    CUORE Cryostat
    COSINE-100
    CHIME
    ALICE event
    Women in Physics
    PROSPECT team
    Laser cooling and magneto-optical trapping of strontium monofluoride. (Matt Steinecker)
    PROSPECT photo multiplier tubes (Ke Han)
    Colored phase contrast images of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii cells. (Veikko F. Geyer, Benjamin M. Friedrich)
    Displacing oxygens in the interfacial layer of a LSMO/BTO interface. (Alexandru Bogdan Georgescu)
    Confocal image of mouse keratinocytes. (Aaron Mertz)
    ATLAS detector from above (Lawrence Lee)
    Quantum Mixmaster Excitation State (2,1) in Minisuperspace (Joseph Bae)

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One Yale student’s love languages: Mandarin, Greek, and particle physics

May 3, 2024
In his time at Yale, senior Barkotel Zemenu has embraced profound questions about the universe and personal bonds at the heart of one-on-one conversation. By Jim Shelton,...
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Six faculty members honored for their commitment to teaching

May 3, 2024
Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis recognized six recipients of the college’s annual teaching prizes during a reception on April 29. Six members of the Yale faculty were named...
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PHYS 107 Being Human in STEM Poster Presentations

April 30, 2024
On April 30, the sixteen students of  the Yale College course “Being Human in STEM” presented their coursework in a poster presentation. This year’s projects explored...
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Zemenu selected as a 2024 Lindau Young Scientist

April 26, 2024
Barkotel Zemenu, ‘24, an undergraduate in physics who does research in Wright Lab’s Moore Group, has been selected as a Lindau Young Scientist and invited to the 73rd Lindau...
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