News

The Physics Department was designated a 'Department of Distinction' and recognized for improvement in undergraduate education by the American Physical Society's Committee on Education!

Robert Hallock was awarded the 2025 Fritz London Memorial Prize, the most prestigious international prize in low-temperature physics. Congratulations, Bob!

Willocq started his leadership position as the spokesperson of ATLAS. View a news release and a video on his role and that of the UMass scientific team.

Eugene Golowich, emeritus professor of Physics, an accomplished researcher and teacher passed away in Dec 2024

The national Society of Physics Students has named the UMass SPS a Distinguished Chapter for their activities in the 2023-2024 academic year.  Congratulations to all the SPS officers and members for their contributions for creating a lively and welcoming community of undergraduate students!

Four Physics colleagues have been nominated for the 2024-25 Distinguished Teaching Award, the campus' highest student-driven recognition of exemplary teaching.  This year, students have nominated two graduate teaching assistants, Aditya Kulkarni and Aidan Symons, as well as two faculty, David Hamilton and Brokk Toggerson, for their teaching efforts.  Congratulations!

Three of our physics colleagues were recognized for their research achievements by being appointed Fellows of the American Physical Society.  Andrea Pocar and Dave Kawall were both recognized through the Division of Nuclear Physics, and Tony Dinsmore through the Division of Soft Matter Physics. Congratulations, Andrea, Dave and Tony!

Physics faculty Shubha Tewari was appointed to the new cohort of campus Instructional Fellows. The fellows are drawn from a variety of campus disciplines, to develop innovative techniques in teaching with technology.

UMass physicist Stéphane Willocq appointed as Spokesperson of the ATLAS experiment at CERN, the world's largest particle physics collaboration with over 5000 members from all over the world.  He has previously served as the physics coordinator and the deputy spokesperson of the experiment.  Congratulations, Stéphane, on this recognition!