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(May 2, 2018)
New Faculty Snapshot: Alison PattesonThe new research assistant professor of physics comes to Syracuse from the University of Pennsylvania
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(Feb. 26, 2018)
M. Cristina Marchetti Named Director of Soft and Living Matter ProgramThe Distinguished Professor of Physics will oversee the program’s operations and intellectual progress and monitor research advancements
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(Jan. 18, 2018)
Britton Plourde Develops Tools for Quantum ComputerQuantum mechanics 'could revolutionize' areas of computation, Plourde says
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(Jan. 18, 2018)
Britton Plourde Works to Develop Tools for Quantum ComputerBlog Posts/Archived News
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(Jan. 10, 2018)
Fast TalkerPhD candidate in physics, Scott Ely, was recently awarded top honors for “Lightning Round” talk at the U.S. Large Hadron Collider Users Association Meeting.
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(Dec. 19, 2017)
Physicist Marchetti Named to Commission on Statistical PhysicsThe distinguished professor's research for the past 25 years has spanned a broad range of problems in statistical physics and soft matter