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(Dec. 16, 2025)

Alumni Updates: December 2025

Alumni Updates: December 2025

(Dec. 16, 2025)

In Memoriam: Professor A.P. Balachandran

Professor A.P. Balachandran

Cake with 150914 10 years written on it.

(Dec. 15, 2025)

A Decade of Discovery

The Department of Physics celebrates 10 years of gravitational waves.

the cup

(Dec. 10, 2025)

Students vs. Faculty: The Battle That Built a Tradition

How a students vs. faculty rivalry became a lasting tribute to community and tradition.

Physics students during vacuum tank bakeout

(Dec. 5, 2025)

A Summer of Discovery: Jay Zemel Fellowship Opens Doors for Physics Students

Thanks to a $1.5 million gift from alumnus Jay Zemel '49, 10 physics undergraduates spent last summer conducting hands-on research—from building lasers to studying gravitational waves.

(Nov. 21, 2025)

Physics Summer Program Expands

Syracuse University's summer physics program expanded across multiple STEM fields thanks to support from the University and SCSD.

Hallways with a neutrino beam accelerator in it.

(Oct. 24, 2025)

Chasing Ghost Particles

Neutrinos 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.

Yuming Jiang headshot.

(Oct. 23, 2025)

Decoding Protein Interactions

Yuming Jiang ’25 turns undergraduate math-based research into a published physics breakthrough that could transform how scientists predict drug-protein interactions.