Department of Physics
Satisfy your curiosity about the universe, from the largest astronomical scale to the smallest subnuclear particle. Physics will help you strengthen your quantitative reasoning skills and problem-solve through experimentation, simulation and analytical tools.
Imagine yourself exploring the galaxy, building the next quantum computer, dissecting how cells crawl, or shining light on how atoms and the world itself comes together. These exciting experiences can be found within the world of physics. Physics is concerned with the most basic principles that underlie all phenomena in the universe from sub-atomic particles to whole universes and everything in between. In Physics, you will learn about these exciting phenomena along with important skills in logic, problem solving, quantitative reasoning, and experimental design that employers in all fields are seeking. Our graduates from both our PhD and bachelor’s programs go on to work in academia, national labs, engineering industries, data science, in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.
The Mission of the Physics Department is to create a community of physics scholars dedicated to excellent research and teaching that is welcome to all! We are thrilled to have you on the team for this important mission.
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(Oct. 24, 2025)
Chasing Ghost ParticlesNeutrinos are everywhere, yet they're nearly impossible to detect. A&S physicists are part of an international scientific collaboration helping unravel why these "ghost particles" could hold the key to understanding why we exist.
(Oct. 23, 2025)
Decoding Protein InteractionsYuming Jiang ’25 turns undergraduate math-based research into a published physics breakthrough that could transform how scientists predict drug-protein interactions.
(Sept. 12, 2025)
A Decade of Gravitational WavesReflecting on Syracuse University’s involvement in the first detection of gravitational waves on September 14, 2015.
(Aug. 18, 2025)
Forces Shape OrgansResearchers have discovered that the slow, steady physical forces of tissues pushing and pulling on developing organs are just as important as genes and biochemistry in shaping how organs form in animal embryos.