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Department Highlights

Anne Fortman

Anne Fortman and Tyler Barrett win 2018 NSF Fellowships

4/28/18

Congratulations to Anne (particle physics) and Tyler (theoretical physics) for winning NSF Graduate Research Fellowships !

NSF Career Award Winners

10/8/17

Our esteemed faculty currently include nine NSF Career award-winners.

Student Wins 2017 Goldwater Scholarship

10/7/17

Please join us in congratulating Anne Fortman on receiving the 2017 Goldwater Scholarship!

Student Achieves Perfect GRE Score

10/7/17

Graduate student Geoffrey Fatin received a perfect physics GRE score in 2016. Congratulations, Geoffrey! We hope your accomplishment encourages future students to study up – it can be done!

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Recent Research News

Higgs tangoes with top quark in latest physics discovery

6/11/18

UB scientists contributed to the research, which confirms predictions but leaves open prickly questions about the nature of the universe.

UB seed fund aims to make an IMPACT on new, innovative research

8/15/16

Program encourages collaboration among researchers, while serving as a springboard to external funding.

Amit Goyal elected to National Academy of Engineering

2/8/18

Director of UB’s RENEW Institute and SUNY Empire Innovation Professor, Goyal was cited for advances in materials science and superconducting materials.

Anne Fortman and Tyler Barrett win 2018 NSF Fellowships

4/28/18

Congratulations to Anne (particle physics) and Tyler (theoretical physics) for winning NSF Graduate Research Fellowships !