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Department of Physics

Welcome from the Chair

Meg Urry The Department of Physics offers studies in a wide range of fields leading to Baccalaureate and Doctoral degrees. The Department has a diverse faculty pool with the majority of professors having their primary appointment in the Physics Department. Many faculty members have joint appointments in other departments at Yale. These include Applied Physics; Astronomy; Mechanical Engineering; Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Chemistry; Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry; Mathematics; Philosophy; Computer Sciences & Mathematics; and Geology & Geophysics. The specific interests of the Department's faculty members fall into several areas of research which are detailed on the Department's Research Web-page.

 

Weekly Physics Club Colloquium

Usually held Mondays at 4:00 pm in 57 Sloane Physics Laboratory
Tea at 3:30 in SPL 3rd Floor Lounge

PHYSICS CLUB
TALKS HAVE FINISHED FOR THE YEAR --- PLEASE JOIN US AT THE START OF THE FALL SEMESTER

For complete semester calendar please click here.


Current News

  • Meredith Frey (Graduate Student) has been awarded a Prize Teaching Fellowship for 2009-2010. (June 2009)
  • Meg Urry (Israel Munson Professor of Physics & Chair of Department) has received an honorary doctor of science degree from Tufts University for her research in astrophysics and her support of women's and minorities' pursuits in careers in science. See Yale Daily News and Tufts University News for further details. (May 2009)
  • Douglass Endrizzi (YC'10) has won the AAPT Barbara Loetz Scholarship for future high school physics teachers. (May 2009)

Click here for previous news items.


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Department Chair: C. Meg Urry
Last updated: 11 June 2009
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