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Distinguished CWRU Professor Robert Brown was inducted last week as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), one of the highest professional honors recognizing academic inventors and innovators. Congratulations Professor Brown! #CWRU #CWRUPhysics #NAI
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Congratulations to Chloe Meyer, CWRU physics major and 2026 Barry Goldwater Scholar! Her research in the Chakrapani Lab has earned one of the nation's most prestigious undergraduate STEM honors. Read more about her in The Daily :case.edu/news/cwru-undergrad…
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CWRU Physics graduate student Akeshi Aththanayake has been selected as a 2026–27 APS Student Ambassador! She was also awarded by the Department of Physics for Outstanding Research Award and placed 3rd our Beauty in Physics competition. Congratulations Akeshi! #CWRU #Physics
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Scientific American recently featured research from CWRU Physics' COMPACT collaboration, led by Professor Glenn Starkman, exploring alternative cosmic topologies and challenging the assumption that our universe is flat and infinite. Read more: scientificamerican.com/artic… #CWRU
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Last Thursday, the Department of Physics held a ceremony celebrating our graduating undergraduate seniors. This moment is both meaningful and bittersweet for our department. We are incredibly proud of all they have accomplished and excited to see what they achieve in the future!
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The 6th edition of NANOPLASM Conference, chaired by Prof. Giuseppe Strangi, will bring global leaders in photonics, plasmonics, metamaterials, and quantum nanoscience to Cetraro, Italy for discussions on emerging advances in light-matter science. nanoplasmconference.com #CWRU
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Congrats to our undergraduate #physics majors Daniel Passmore, '26) & Rae Dugger, '25 on their @NSF National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program honorable mentions! Daniel & Rae are part of 9 awardees & 6 honorable mentions in the 2026 GRFP class from #CWRU!
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Associate Professor Lydia Kisley joins CWRU Page Turners on May 4 at 3 p.m. to discuss The Beauty of Falling by Claudia de Rham, featured speaker of the 2026 Millis Lecture. Moderated by Karen F. Kaler. Register here: case.edu/alumni/stay-involve… #CWRU
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Congrats to our physics students at Intersections! Antonio Maia won 1st place in Physical Sciences & Math for his work on shear thickening and jamming; his mentor is A. Singh. Moq earned 3rd place in CS & Data Science for his ML tail risk project, with mentorship from C. Taylor.
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The CWRU Department of Physics is very excited to announce that we are having our CWRU PHYSICS SENIOR PROJECT SYMPOSIUM on April 29th. Don't miss out on a chance to hear from our seniors before they graduate! Wednesday, April 29, 10am–4:20pm | Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221
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Robert Brown and Ed Caner's Life After Graduation course had a great finale hearing from Dr Smith! We can't wait for next year to hear from more of these amazing speakers! #CWRU #CWRUPhysics #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #LifeAfterGraduation
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Please join us Tuesday, April 28 for our Particle Astrophysics Seminar “The Terahertz Intensity Mapper: a stratospheric view of cosmic evolution” with Jeffrey Filippini (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) 📍 Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221 at 11:30 AM #CWRU #CWRUPhysics
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Prof. Pavel Fileviez Pérez is organizing BLV2026, marking its return after 10 years, with Profs. Reina Maruyama, Karsten Heeger & colleagues. Hosted by Yale Wright Lab, YCUI, and Yale Physics. Oct 22–24, 2026 in New Haven, CT! More: indico.wlab.yale.edu/event/9…
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Join us this Monday, April 27 in the Foldy Room (Rockefeller 221) for our Condensed Matter Seminar! Talk from: 12:45 – 1:45 PM Pizza Lunch with the Speaker: 11:35 AM – 12:35 PM (Sign-up via QR code or link required; space is limited) Zoom: ID: 990 5423 9108 | Passcode: 666092
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Tomorrow is our final Life After Graduation talk: LTC Matthew Smith. Explore a military career path and the transferable skills it builds! From the Manhattan Project to today’s DOD, physics plays a vital role. Finish strong and don’t miss the last talk of the year! #CWRU
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Join us tomorrow to hear from Lathan Boyle of the University of Edinburgh for our weekly Physics Colloquium. His talk is titled “The Penrose Tiling in Fundamental Physics.” Free and open to all! Rock 301 | Thursday, April 23rd | 4–5 PM #CWRU #CWRUphysics
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We are having our Condensed Matter Seminar at 12:45 today!! Kateryna Foyevtsova from University of Notre Dame will be giving a talk titled: "Molecular physics without molecules in flat-band quantum materials" Join us in Rock 221: free and open to all! #CWRU #CWRUphysics
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CWRU Physics is hiring an Instructor (July 2026) to teach large calc-based courses such as Mechanics or E&M. A PhD is required along with strong teaching and course management skills. Apply by May 8: apply.interfolio.com/182735 #CWRU #CWRUJobs #CWRUPhysics
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CWRU alumnus Dieter Moeller’s LAG visit was amazing! He drove from Cincinnati to meet the class and shared how he grew his company from $1M/15 people to $500M/900. His insights on networking, experiences, and his gap year really resonated, plus great post-talk discussions. #CWRU
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Professor Ben Lehmann's final lecture of the course of three will occur this Thursday. This lecture will be all about "Testing the Particle Dark Matter Paradigm!". Dark matter research is reaching a turning point! Hear more about it in Prof. Lehmann's final lecture! #CWRU #MIT
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