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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Physics Community Gathers to Celebrate Accomplishments

May 6, 2024
On Friday, May 3, 2024 members of the Yale Physics community gathered to celebrate the end of a successful academic year and to recognize the accomplishments of its members....

Aaron Chizhik awarded the John C. Schroeder Award

May 6, 2024
Aaron Chizhik, YC’25 Physics-Intensive major and a member of Wright Lab, is one of thirty-eight Yale College Juniors who were recognized by the Council of the Heads of...
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Yale physics students present Spring research

May 3, 2024
On May 3, the students from the physics department independent research courses PHYS 470 (for first years and sophomores) and PHYS 472 (for juniors and seniors) presented the...
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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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