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DUNE will study nature’s most mysterious particle a mile beneath South Dakota’s Black Hills and will potentially reveal the origins of matter.

Yale physicist Satish Dhawan was honored as a living contributor. Vernon Hughes (1921-2003) was a leader in the second generation of the experiment.

Wright Lab’s George Ploumis and Henry Kaplan designed an interactive sound installation for the Guggenheim museum as part of a Yale course.

The book celebrates the incredible ingenuity, curiosity, and contributions of Iowans in scientific fields from astronomy to zoology.

On April 20, Yale Physics inducted 41 undergraduates to Sigma Pi Sigma, the official honor society of the physics and astronomy professions.

During Spring Break, Morgan Knuesel traveled to Washington, DC to advocate for science policy in the annual Yale Science Policy Hill Day program. 

The Yale Fiberview Camera—designed, built, and installed by a team at Wright Lab—is an integral part of the efficiency & precision of the DESI survey.

Josie Rose and Katie Ream were awarded the 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Bradyn Quintard and 2 alumni were awarded honorable mention.

Garg has been appointed to a two-year term on the executive board of the Coordinating Panel for Advanced Detectors.

DUNE was named the Project of the Year by the Underground Construction Association for completing a significant and challenging construction project.

Cantway’s thesis focuses on understanding the strong force, improving our understanding of jet-QGP interactions and hadronization.

YPO hosted 28 high school teams from across the Northeast for a full day of competition. The program has been organized by Yale Physics since 1998.

Two direct-detection experiments see no evidence of a signal reported by their predecessor. 

The group visited Wright Lab while they were in New Haven, as well as the Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability and the Yale Center for British Art.

The Executive Committee is comprised of twelve members serving two-year terms, with six people elected each year.

Yale Physics was well-represented at the conference, with several members of Wright Lab presenting or represented as contributing authors.

An article written by Wright Lab historian Eun-Joo Ahn on Mount Wilson Observatory was featured in a spotlight by the AIP.

Presents the first measurement of energy correlators at RHIC in proton-proton collisions, and introduces a method that will enable future measurements