Physics

Vice President of APS

Professor Jim Gates will join the APS presidential line as Vice President in 2019, becoming President-Elect in 2020, and President in 2021. Click here to read more.
Associate Professor of Engineering & Physics Rashid Zia named Brown’s new dean of the college

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US CMS Collaboration Board Chair

Congratulations to Professor Meenakshi Narain has been elected Chair of the Collaboration Board of U.S. institutions in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Collaboration Click here to read more.
Ladd Observatory

Opened in 1891, Ladd Observatory is still an integral part of the Department of Physics. The observatory is open to the public every Tuesday from 9pm-10:30pm (weather permitting) You can follow the Observatory on Twitter and Facebook to stay up-to-date on events and programs.

News

Professor Gates elected Vice President of APS Physics

August 20, 2018

Ford Foundation Professor of Physics, Sylvester James Gates, Jr. will join the APS presidential line as Vice President in 2019, becoming President-Elect in 2020, and President in 2021.
Excellence in Research Mentoring Award

August 3, 2018

The Excellence in Research Mentoring (ERM) Award recognizes faculty members for their excellence in mentoring undergraduate researchers, as well as for their promotion, encouragement and training of diverse students in undergraduate research.
World’s leading dark matter physicists convene at Brown

July 26, 2018

At the 12th annual Identification of Dark Matter Conference being held this week at Brown, physicists are working to understand the missing mass of the universe.
Untangling the fabric of the universe

July 20, 2018

When Sarah Bawabe arrived at Brown as a first-year student in fall 2017, she hadn’t given much thought to a physics as a potential concentration. That was before she took an introductory physics seminar called “Flat Earth to Quantum Uncertainty” with Brown physicist S. James Gates Jr.
Professor Narain Elected US CMS Collaboration Board Chair

June 27, 2018

Brown Physics Professor Meenakshi Narain has been elected for a 2 year term as Chair of the Collaboration Board of U.S. institutions in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Collaboration.