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Graduation Reception 2019
March 18, 2019
'Fusion' exhibit a collision of art, physics
March 1, 2019
Conceived by UC Santa Cruz physics lecturer Stephanie Bailey, the show features work created by 17 pairs of artists and physics graduate students.
Jake Pasner Written About in Symmetry Magazine
February 8, 2019
Our very own Jake Pasner had an article written about his life outside of Physics.
Sriram Shastry Mentioned in Quanta Magazine
January 28, 2019
One of our very own, Professor Sriram Shastry was quoted in a recent article published by Quanta Magazine.
Scientists to inaugurate a new type of gamma ray telescope at Whipple Observatory
January 16, 2019
The prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT) is designed as a pathfinder telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array.
NSF grant funds program to increase diversity in physics and astronomy
October 1, 2018
The Cal-Bridge program has received a $5 million grant to support Ph.D. pathways at 24 campuses.
Quantum information science on the verge of a technological revolution
September 13, 2018
Theorist Yuan Ping is developing computational methods to guide the design of new materials for quantum computing and other quantum information technologies.
NSF funds powerful new supercomputer for UC Santa Cruz researchers
September 10, 2018
The new high-performance computer system will support research in theoretical astrophysics, climate science, materials science, and other fields.
LHC scientists detect Higgs bosons decaying into bottom quarks
August 28, 2018
UC Santa Cruz physicists made important contributions to the discovery, which confirms the fate of the vast majority of all Higgs bosons produced in the LHC.
VERITAS supplies critical piece to neutrino discovery puzzle
July 12, 2018
The VERITAS array has confirmed the detection of gamma rays from the vicinity of a supermassive black hole that is potentially the first known astrophysical source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos.
Commencement stories: Benjamin Smithers
June 15, 2018
Benjamin Smithers is a double major in mathematics and physics who is now working on his Ph.D.: an expedition into the world of neutrino physics.
Instruments of good
June 12, 2018
Introductory physics students test their knowledge and get exposure to the wider world in a class project in which they create musical instruments to be donated to kids in need.
