Department News
Undergraduate Trent Graham receives prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. (5/8/2008)
Engineering Physics undergrad Katia Sussman's Engineers Without Borders team wins $75k EPA "People, Prosperity, and Planet" (P3) grant to implement sustainable water development project in rural Nigeria. (5/2/2008)
Physics hosts the 8th Understanding Complex Systems Symposium, May 12-15, 2008. This year's symposium will focus on control vs. self-adjustment and self-organization in living organisms, open physical systems, machines and organizations, informatics, and energy. Plenary speakers include David Campbell, Leo Kadanoff, and Stephen Wolfram. Register now! (4/30/2008)
Crack out that ball! Al Nathan on "Newton in the Batter's Box" in Newsweek (4/25/2008)
Physics receives "Spirit of Illini Engineering Award" for best of 2008 EOH exhibits (4/24/2008)
Please review the Earthquake Preparedness and Safety Guidelines--nine tremblors and counting (4/18/2008)
David Ceperley quoted in this week's Science (4/18/2008)
TJ Ha quoted in Nature and Eduardo Fradkin has an article on the debut of the quarter electron in this week's Nature "News and Views" (4/16/2008)
The Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy Convocation for the Class of 2008 will be held on Saturday, May 10, at 2 p.m. in Room 141 Loomis. Please register by May 5. (4/15/2008)
Physics undergraduate Emily Sprague wins the Clara Rolland Piano Award annual performance competition in the School of Music (4/05/08) (4/11/2008)