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From the Chair…

The Department of Physics at The University of Texas at Austin offers six degrees in Physics. Its 270 undergraduate majors and 227 graduate students place it among the largest programs in the country. Our undergraduates have gone on to the best graduate programs and our Doctoral students now serve on the faculties of the best universities.

The Department takes pride in the fact that virtually all courses, including introductory and service courses, are taught by Physics faculty; in the overall quality of our teaching, reflected in numerous teaching awards; and in our strong and growing effort in the application of frontier instructional methods, such as inquiry based teaching of elementary physics.

Physical Science

The Department of Physics also administers the Division of Physical Science.

Recent News
December 6, 2011
Physicist and engineer’s device could provide cheap and early detection of earthquakes, lung cancer, and infant lactose intolerance
December 1, 2011
Alex Demkov receives the 2011 IBM Faculty Award for research
August 24, 2011
Cécile DeWitt-Morette has been elevated to Officer in the French Legion of Honor
July 15, 2011
Texas high school and middle school students and teachers come to UT to explore nanoworld
April 12, 2011
Physics professor Mike Downer has been elected to the UT Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
Upcoming
Events
January 30 13:00 RLM 11.204
"Chromosome, Cell Cycle and Entropy (or: Why I love E. coli)
January 30 15:00 ENS 16N
Muon Identification and a Measurement of Neutrino Oscillations in MINOS
January 30 16:15 RLM 4.102
Once Upon a Time in Kamchatka: The Extraordinary Search for Natural Quasicrystals
January 31 11:00 RLM 11.204
Real Applications of Nanotechnology
January 31 14:00 RLM 7.104
Braids Walls and Mirrors
January 31 15:30 RLM 5.218
Open Student Post-Colloquium Discussion with Dr. Paul J. Steinhardt
January 31 16:00 RLM 11.204
Magnetic Reconnection Dynamics with Multi-Hierarchy Simulations
January 31 17:00 RLM 7.104
Single Spin Detection and Control!
February 1 12:00 RLM 9.166
Topics of interest to Physicists and Mathematicians
February 1 16:15 RLM 4.102
Cosmic Magnetic Fields - A new "Origin Myth"
February 2 12:30 RLM 9.202
Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
February 2 15:30 RLM 7.104
Quantum spin liquids in two dimensions
February 2 15:30 RLM 9.202
Members of the Center for Relativity meet to discuss their work
February 2 16:00 RLM 11.204
Towards strong-field optical study of matter with attosecond and intense multispectral sources
February 2 16:00 RLM 11.204
Towards strong-field optical study of matter with attosecond and intense multispectral sources
February 3 13:30 ACE 2.404B
Study of Anomalous Behavior in Solution Synthesized Iron Nanoparticles
February 3 16:00 RLM 5.104
Raman spectroscopy at very low and very high pressures