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Prof. Simon Birrer Receives Prestigious DOE Early Career Award

Prof. Simon Birrer has won a prestigious DOE Early Career Award! His winning proposal was to study the expansion history of the Universe with the newly commissioned NSF-DoE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

2025 Season's Greetings

We collectively had an exceptionally productive year in 2025. We got together in person, shared our lives, and created new stories and memorable moments. We wish you all happy and restful holidays, and wish you the very best in 2026!

Prof. George Sterman Receives Honorary Doctorate from ETH Zurich

Prof. George Sterman, the Director of YITP, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by ETH Zurich. The award citation refers to Prof. Sterman's development of concepts that "enable precise tests of the fundamental laws of nature in particle physics".

Prof. Ken Dill to Receive Biophysical Society’s 2026 Founder’s Award

The Biophysical Society has announced that Professor Ken A. Dill will receive the Society’s 2026 Founders Award for his work on the protein folding problem and the development of statistical mechanical theories and foundational principles in biophysics.

SBU Researchers Part of “Rival” Experiments Publish First Joint Analysis

Researchers from the Department of Physics and Astronomy are part of an international team of physicists conducting the T2K experiment and have provided joint analysis with another team of physicists conducting a different NOvA experiment.

In Memoriam, Prof. Frank C.N. Yang

With our heaviest hearts we share the very sad news for the department, Stony Brook University and the entire (particle) physics community in the world. Our beloved colleague, mentor and friend Frank C. N. Yang has passed away at age 103 in China.

Professor Neelima Sehgal Elected as an American Physical Society Fellow

SBU Professor Neelima Sehgal has been elected as an American Physical Society (APS) Fellow joining other APS fellows in the Physics & Astronomy Department.

Upcoming Colloquia

Tuesdays at 3:45pm in Harriman 137

March 3: David Weiss, Penn State University

March 10: Jo Dunkley, Princeton University

March 24: Zhoudunming (Kong) Tu, Brookhaven National Laboratory