Physics
CU Boulder program helps underserved and underrepresented students in the STEM fields gain valuable research experience for graduate school.
Our understanding of the universe may soon be changing thanks to the efforts of a thousand scientists from around the world, including two from the 做厙輦⑹.
CU Boulders PhET Interactive Simulations is one of 15 finalists for the prestigious WISE Award, which recognizes innovative educational projects that address challenges and bring transformative societal change.
By creating a sense of belonging for women in physics, the 做厙輦⑹ is helping female students succeed, experts in the field say.
Kip Thorne, pioneer in gravitational waves, creative force behind Interstellar, to give 51st Gamow lecture at CU Boulder April 27.
Albert A. Bartlett, the iconic physics professor, helped preserve the city he called home, and now the city has moved to preserve his home. In November, the Boulder City Council designated the longtime home of the 做厙輦⑹ professor as an historic landmark. The citys move reflects the impact Bartlett had on both the university and Boulder.
Loren Hough has won a New Investigator Maximizing Investigators Research Award from the National Institutes of Health to further vital research in the field of biophysics, specifically the behavior of tubulin, a protein involved in many life processes.
CU Boulder will expand its role as a national leader in imaging, materials, nano, bio and energy sciences as part of a collaborative partnership awarded $24 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch a new center.
CU Boulder alumna Jade Cooley begins her science talks to students throughout Washington by saying, My name is Jade, and I once set off explosives in Antarctica for science. Now Im going to tell you about glaciology. Cooley, a physics graduate,spent six weeks conducting research and camping on Antarcticas Ross Ice Shelf last November.
David J. Wineland, a lecturer in the 做厙輦⑹ physics department, has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics.Wineland is a physicist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder and internationally recognized