Did you know that trillions of neutrinos pass through our bodies every second? Understanding this mysterious ghost particle can help us unlock the mysteries of our universe! Join Dr Aobo Li as he explains what neutrinos are, why we need … Read more
Wednesday, November 2nd from 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Fullsteam Brewery in Durham, NC Are you a fan of the hit TV show Dancing with the Stars?! While we won't have any celebrities and we (probably) won't be doing any dancing, we'll … Read more
This is the 22nd Annual NC Master's and Doctoral Career Fair hosted by Duke University, NC State University, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Greensboro, and Wake Forest University. Meet with employers, expand your network, and explore potential career paths. To attend the fair you must activate … Read more
Phillips Hall Room 277 and Virtually. Food will be served from 5:30 - 6:00 PM, and the town hall will happen from 6:00 - 7:00 PM. This Town Hall is open to graduate students only and will allow attendees … Read more
This competition encourages students to tackle complex problems using systems thinking. Students are also encouraged to communicate their findings with a global audience. Register for our info session if you want to: - Develop systems level thinking - Formulate ways … Read more
We are developing a new public talk series aimed at sharing the physics research being conducted in the department in an approachable and fun format for the general public. We are titling this talk series “Physics From the Ground Up,” and we will be hosted … Read more
UNC Physics & Astronomy alums now at Sandia, Pacific Northwest National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and FDA will talk about their jobs and answer questions. This is a great opportunity to learn about the … Read more
Grand Finale 2:15 p.m. Person Recital Hall Students in the first-year seminar "The Interplay of Music and Physics" (PHYS/MUSC 51) will perform their own compositions for instruments they have made themselves from found objects. This is original music on very … Read more
Speaker: Sergey Syritsyn. Proton and neutron electric and magnetic form factors are the primary characteristics of their spatial structure and have been studied extensively over the past half-century. One of the recent focal points is their behavior at large … Read more
“Investigation of Mg-K Abundance Anomalies in Globular Clusters Using Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence" I report on the measurement of 11B and 40Ca levels between excitation energies of 8 and 9 MeV using nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF). The experiment was carried … Read more