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Priyamvada Natarajan and Akiko Iwasaki (Photos by Allie Barton)
April 18, 2024
Akiko Iwasaki and Priyamvada Natarajan are part of 2024’s Time 100, a list that includes leaders of government, the arts, athletics, science, and industry. Two Yale faculty...
Left to right Ethan Martinez, YC'26 Physics (Intensive) and Sarah Demers, professor of physics and Director of Undergraduate Studies
April 17, 2024
On April 16, a group represented the Yale Physics Department at the Yale Bulldog Days Academic Fair, which allows Yale College academic departments to present their  programs...
April 17, 2024
On April 12, Varun Jorapur successfully defended the thesis “Towards a Bose-Einstein Condensate of SrF molecules” (advisor: Steve Lamoreaux, work under the direction of David...
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April 17, 2024
Pulitzer-Prize winning author Richard Rhodes came to campus on April 16 to give a keynote talk on “The Rise of Malignant Deterrence”, as well as a writing workshop for a...
Left to right: Charles Brown, Yoram Alhassid, Nir Navon, Chris Greene (Purdue University), Grant Schumacher, and Jack Harris
April 15, 2024
On April 12, Grant Schumacher successfully defended the thesis “Stability of a Three-Component Fermi Gas” (advisor: Nir Navon). Grant explained, “Understanding how systems...