Newsletter
The Department of Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder is thrilled to welcome Ivy Tan as a new Assistant Professor of Physics this fall. A geophysicist with interests in climate and atmospheric physics, Tan’s research is centered on Earth’s clouds, radiation and climate.
Peter Dale Kunz, professor emeritus of physics at the University of Colorado Boulder passed away in January 2025 at the age of 96.ÌýÌýKunz earned his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1959 and came to Boulder as an acting assistant
This year marked the 25th year of the Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (BSS) which brings advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and lecturers from around the world to ̽»¨ÊÓƵ for the month of July.
Space Dust Research & Technologies LLC, co-founded by LASP researchers Xu Wang and Mihaly Horanyi, has been awarded one of ten NASA TechLeap Prizes in the Space Technology Payload Challenge for their Electron Beam Dust Mitigation (EBDM) system.
New funding from the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) will support growing demand for the Quantum Scholars program, providing approximately 25 new scholarships for the innovative program.
The Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI) recently held their summer intensive program, bringing 65 advanced graduate students in theoretical high energy physics to Boulder for the month of June.ÌýThis year’s program focused on topics
Andrew Sapuppo (AeroEngr, EngrPhys’24) shares how his education and research at ̽»¨ÊÓƵ led to his career as a propulsion systems engineer.
Four seniors in the Quantum Forge class at ̽»¨ÊÓƵ recently completed their year-long project with Xairos Systems, Inc., giving them an inside look at working in the industry.
The Coloradan Alumni Magazine highlights five CU innovators – two of whom are ̽»¨ÊÓƵ Physics alumni. Their stories were written by equally outstanding CU affiliates, who personally know and understand the importance of their work.
Ten years ago, a pioneering spacecraft flew past Pluto, sending startling images of the dwarf planet back to Earth. Current and former students at ̽»¨ÊÓƵ reflect on their time working on the mission.