Department Highlights

  • Nobel laureate Whittingham to speak at UB
    5/5/22
    M. Stanley Whittingham, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will deliver the Department of Physics' 7th Ta-You Wu lecture in April 29, 2022, 5pm, NSC 225.
  • Professor Surajit Sen named 2020-2021 Jefferson Science Fellow
    9/14/20
    Congratulations to Professor Sen! From August 2020 to August 2021 he will be working full time as a science advisor at the US Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C..
  • Student Wins 2019 Goldwater Scholarship
    5/15/19
    Please join us in congratulating Hannah Seppala on receiving the 2019 Goldwater Scholarship!
  • 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 !
  • 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!