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In 1884, a new physics laboratory opened
at Harvard, the first of its kind in the Nation. It was
based on the revolutionary idea that "the department
of physics in a University must embrace both teaching
and investigation" (John Trowbridge, 1877).
From those pioneering days and throughout the Department's long and illustrious history, its faculty and students have been engaged in groundbreaking research and standard-setting instruction, contributing importantly to Harvard's reputation as one of the premier institutions of higher learning in the world. Among Harvard's 43 Nobel laureates, 10 are or were physics faculty members. Today, the latest generation of Harvard physicists continues to bring new insights into the exploration of fundamental problems involving physics at all length scales, and to provide outstanding and innovative educational opportunities to the many talented men and women who enroll in Harvard's flexible undergraduate and graduate programs.
From those pioneering days and throughout the Department's long and illustrious history, its faculty and students have been engaged in groundbreaking research and standard-setting instruction, contributing importantly to Harvard's reputation as one of the premier institutions of higher learning in the world. Among Harvard's 43 Nobel laureates, 10 are or were physics faculty members. Today, the latest generation of Harvard physicists continues to bring new insights into the exploration of fundamental problems involving physics at all length scales, and to provide outstanding and innovative educational opportunities to the many talented men and women who enroll in Harvard's flexible undergraduate and graduate programs.
Department News and Updates
| Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Barandes
for receiving
the Phi Beta Kappa Excellence in Teaching Award! |
| Prof. Jenny Hoffman has been selected a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study |
During her fellowship
year, she will pursue a project called "Enabling Nanoscale
Imaging of Complex Oxides through Novel Film Growth Techniques.” |
| The Simons Foundation has appointed Prof. Xi Yin a Simons Investigator. |
The Simons
Investigators program provides a stable base of support for outstanding scientists, enabling them to undertake long-term study of fundamental questions. |
| "Science of Sound and Music" Sound Fair! Thursday, May 9, 12-4pm |
60 students who participated in Prof. Eric Heller's "Science of Sound and Music" class SPU13 will present their sound-related projects. Location: Science Center, Lab 302-306 (3rd floor) |
| Lee Historical Lecture in Physics by Prof. Roy Glauber |
Recollections
of Los Alamos and the Nuclear Era Apr 30 @8:00pm, Science Center Hall D. For more information, please read the Gazette article. |
| Grad students Norman Yao and Nicholas Schade are this year's recipients of the Gertrude and Maurice Goldhaber Prize. |
This prize, which will be awarded on April 30th at the Lee Historical Lecture in Physics, recognizes outstanding theoretical and experimental graduate students who have passed their qualifying oral examinations in the preceding year. |
| Grad student Elise Novitski was awarded a 2013/14 Harvard Merit Fellowship. |
Merit Fellowships are available to outstanding GSAS students in all fields. |
| Congratulations to post doc Dr. Vivek Venkatachalam (Samuel lab) for receiving a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology! |
Vivek will develop and apply new optical methods to read out as well as manipulate long-term memories in the C. elegans nervous system. |
| Prof. John Huth has published a new book, The Lost Art of Finding Our Way (Harvard, 2013). |
From the HUP
abstract: Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way. Encyclopedic in breadth, weaving together astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, and ethnography, The Lost Art of Finding Our Way puts us in the shoes, ships, and sleds of early navigators for whom paying close attention to the environment around them was, quite literally, a matter of life and death. For more information, see the publisher's page and read the Chronicle of Higher Education review. |
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