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Physicist to explain quantum entanglement in Bethe Lecture

The quantum laws governing atoms and other tiny objects seem to defy common sense, and information encoded in quantum systems has weird, baffling properties like “quantum entanglement.”

Ramshaw, Lin and Baskin win Sloan fellowships

Assistant professors Jeremy Baskin, Song Lin and Brad Ramshaw have been named recipi

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APR 22Department of Physics Colloquium - Gold Lecture General Physics Colloquium and Gold Lecture, Professor Bruce Draine, Princeton University. ...

APR 24Department of Physics Special Public Lecture Physics Public Lecture , Professor Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ and Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large, Cornell University ...

APR 25Mathematics Joint Oliver Club and Physics Colloquium The Department of Mathematics and the Physics Department are collaborating on a joint colloquium on April 25, 2019. ...

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Research Spotlight

Research in the department is organized in two laboratories, the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP) and the Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics (LEPP). Explore the links below to learn more about the major research areas of the department and the facilities available to researchers.

Student Spotlight

"I'm most proud of the outreach activities I've been a part of. Sharing knowledge of the observatory with the public and helping to contribute to its smooth operation is chief among my Cornell achievements."

- R. Zachary Murray '18

Read more about R. Zachary Murray's story here.