Itai Cohen with research associates
World class physics education and training

The Department of Physics

Uniquely versatile undergraduate and graduate programs, an unrivaled breadth of  research training, and Nobel Prize-winning work in world class facilities, defines the Department of Physics at Cornell University as a national and global leader in physics training and education. The department has more than 40 active professors,  approximately 180 graduate students and 65 undergraduate majors, and offers a full range of university-level work in physics, from general education courses for nonscientists to doctoral-level independent research.

Physics graduate and undergraduate students work on a superconductor project in Newman Laboratory

75 Years of Accelerator Physics in Newman Lab

Accelerator physics has revealed hidden universes, from the Higgs boson to the blood vessels and tissues seen on a CT scan – and much of that progress is thanks to work done in an unassuming building tucked away on Cornell’s North Campus: Newman Lab.

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PhD student Prateek Sehgal works with shear thickening fluid in their Clark Hall lab.
PhD student Prateek Sehgal works with shear thickening fluid in their Clark Hall lab.

Research Spotlight

Research in the department is organized in two laboratories, the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP) and the Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics (LEPP). Explore the links below to learn more about the major research areas of the department and the facilities available to researchers.

Physics Events

Mar 18
Monday 04:00 PM

Department of Physics Colloquium - Professor Katelyn Breivik

Rockefeller Hall 201, Schwartz Auditorium
Mar 25
Monday 04:00 PM

Department of Physics Colloquium

Rockefeller Hall 201, Schwartz Auditorium
Mar 29
Friday 03:30 PM
Apr 15
Monday 04:00 PM
Apr 22
Monday 04:00 PM
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