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Upcoming Events

A Measurement of Neutrino Oscillations Using 10 Years of Data from the NOvA Experiment

  • Oct 03
  • 3:30 PM
  • PRB 595
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Oct 04

HET Seminar - TBA

  • 11:00 AM
  • PRB 595
Oct 04

Exploring Itinerant Ferromagnetism: From Puzzle Games to Correlated Quantum Phenomena

  • 12:00 PM
  • SCI 352
Oct 04

Instability dynamics and decay of the pi-mode in coupled quantum wires

  • 2:00 PM
  • SCI 352

Department News

Wanzheng Hu receives funding for DOE Early Career Award

July 23, 2024

Naomi Gonzalez named Clare Boothe Luce Scholar

June 24, 2024

Dillon Brout appeared on radio show “Science Friday” on Friday, May 17th

May 17, 2024

Congratulations to Professor Demiragli and Professor Suarez!

May 16, 2024

Professor Andrei Ruckenstein: Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences

May 13, 2024

Press release regarding the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) and BU Physics contribution

April 4, 2024
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