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(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.

Graphic depiction of black hole merger.

(Sept. 15, 2025)

A&S Physicist Featured in Nature’s LIGO Anniversary Coverage

Professor Stefan Ballmer discussed future of gravitational-wave detection and site selection for Cosmic Explorer.

(Sept. 12, 2025)

A Decade of Gravitational Waves

Reflecting on Syracuse University’s involvement in the first detection of gravitational waves on September 14, 2015.

Different Moon Phases

(Aug. 20, 2025)

A&S Physicist Sheds Light on Black Moon

Black moons occur when a second new moon rises within a single calendar month.