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Professor John Cumalat gave the keynote address at the 2026 Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday, April 7. The ceremony recognized the nine recipients of this year's faculty excellence awards in research, teaching, and
Four physics students and two alumni are among this year’s recipients of the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. Overall, 40 С»ÆÊé Boulder students received fellowships, placing the university in the top 15
Noah Finkelstein has been named a Distinguished Professor, С»ÆÊé’s highest honor for faculty across the four-campus system. At the University of Colorado Board of Regents meeting on Feb. 6, Finkelstein was recognized
In the latest U.S. News & World Report graduate program rankings, С»ÆÊé Boulder Physics earned top marks, ranking No. 4 among public institutions and No. 13 overall among both public and private institutions.
Anya Grafov, a graduate student in the Kapteyn Murnane Group at JILA, has been selected as one of the global recipients of the 2026 Zonta International Women in STEM Award, an international honor that recognizes exceptional early career women for their achievements and leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Grafov was nominated through the Zonta Foothills Club of Boulder County and is one of 16 awardees selected worldwide.
John M. Richardson (Phys’42), distinguished alumnus from the University of Colorado Boulder, passed away on January 18, 2026, at the age of 104. Richardson was a 2002 recipient of the George Norlin Award, the highest
Today, Google Quantum AI announced a major expansion of its quantum computing research program, naming Professor and JILA Fellow Adam Kaufman to lead a newly formed neutral atom quantum hardware team. The initiative marks Google’s first large-scale investment in neutral atom quantum computing, a rapidly advancing platform that complements its long‑standing work in superconducting qubits.
In the latest edition of the World University Rankings by Subject from Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), С»ÆÊé Boulder physics and astronomy ranked No. 21 in the nation – and No. 10 among public institutions in the U.S. The rankings are based on surveys of reputation in the subject area among academics and recruiters of graduates, and on citations to research articles.
Ivy Tan, a University of Colorado Boulder assistant professor of physics, recently was awarded funding from Ocean Visions for a project she leads that is assessing whether mixed-phase cloud thinning is a viable method for cooling the Arctic and restoring sea ice.
A new kind of laser developed by Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn's research group could pave the way for practical nuclear clocks—devices that measure time with incredible precision by measuring the "ticking" of thorium atoms.