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Welcome to University of Michigan Physics Join us as we strive to provide an incisive and enriching education for our students by making lasting contributions at the forefront of human understanding and by communicating the excitement of scientific discovery.

The Powerful Legacy of Homer A. Neal The new Randall Laboratory was renamed for the scholar on April 14, providing an opportunity for those who knew him to reflect on the boundless impact he had on U-M’s Physics Department.

A Special Thank You to Navy Captain Josh Cassada and to NASA! Check out this fantastic Saturday Morning Physics event and the rest of the Winter schedule!

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News & Features

The Universe Caught Suppressing Cosmic Structure Growth

U-M cosmologists found strong evidence for an anomalous growth of large-scale structure, and a hint for current tensions in cosmology.

U-M Physicist Joshua Spitz Receives 2023 Experimental Physics Investigator Award

Advancing Cosmic Ray Research: Cutting-edge technique to unveil historic cosmic ray rates

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Featured

Special Colloquium: Measuring Combinatorial Complexity Via Regularity Lemmas

Caroline Terry (OSU)

4:15 PM
170 Weiser Hall

Upcoming

HEP-Astro Seminar | Origins of Stars, Planets, and Life (?): Highlights from the First Year of Science from the NASA/ESA/CSA JWST

Michael R. Meyer (Department of Astronomy)

3:00 PM
335 West Hall

CM-AMO Seminar | Combining Thermodynamic and Electronic Methods for Materials Design

Demet Usanmaz (Kettering University)

4:00 PM
335 West Hall

HET Brown Bag Seminar | Bootstrapping large-N confining gauge theories

Jan Albert (YITP, Stonybrook)

11:00 AM
3481 Randall Laboratory

Department Colloquium | The Black Hole Information Paradox: A Resolution on the Horizon?

Netta Engelhardt (MIT)

3:00 PM
340 West Hall

HET Seminar | Bootstrapping the CFT Landscape

David Poland (Yale)

3:00 PM
335 West Hall

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Fall 2023 Schedule:
October 7, 21
November 4, 18
December 2

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