April 14, 2022

Virginia Tech Physics Department 2022 Virtual Awards Ceremony

January 28, 2022:

Professor Michel Pleimling recognized as a 2021 Distinguished Referee for Europhysics Letters.

July 8, 2021

Professor Rana Ashkar receives Jeffress Memorial Trust grant.

June 7, 2021

Betty Wilkins receives 2020 - 2021 College of Science
Outstanding Staff Award

May 13, 2021

Professor Djordje Minic receives 2nd place Gravity Research
Foundation Essay Award for 2021

April 22, 2021

Virginia Tech Physics Department 2021 Virtual Awards Ceremony

April 5, 2021
Professor Giti Khodaparast receives the 2020 - 2021 College of Science Diversity Award

March 22, 2021

Professor Djordje Minic receives the Marko Jaric Price for 2020

January 12, 2021
Professor Uwe Täuber Selected as Lead Editor for Physical Review E

December 10, 2020
Professor Vogelaar's research group's work on the solar CNO cycle observed with the Borexino detector highlighted in Physics World as a top 10 Breakthrough of 2020

November 23, 2020
Professor Rana Ashkar's research group's work on cell membranes and COVID-19 featured on Oak Ridge National Laboratory website

November 19, 2020
Patrick Huber writes about "Neutrinos for Peace" in the CERN Courier.

October 26, 2020
COVID-19 Simulation Work of Professor Uwe Täuber and his Group Featured on NPR

October 2, 2020

Professor Patrick Huber featured on Department of Energy Office of Science webpage

September 22, 2020
Ladies of Robeson celebrate Ruth Bader Ginsburg

September 4, 2020
Physical Review Letters article from Prof. Jean Heremans and Vicki Soghomonian selected as Editor's Suggestion.

August 18, 2020
Womens right to vote 100 Years Anniversary

July 20, 2020
Professors Sophia Economou and Ed Barnes describe their work with the CEED STEM outreach program..

July 9, 2020
Congratulations to Rebekah Pestes!

June 3, 2020
Profs. Shengfeng Cheng, Sophia Economou, Shunsaku Horiuchi, Vinh Nguyen and Instructor Almas Khan have promotions approved by the Board of Visitors.

June 2, 2020
Statement on recent events from Department Chair Mark Pitt and Diversity Committee Chair Lara Anderson

May 26, 2020
The Physics Department welcomes these participants in our Summer 2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program!

May 16, 2020
Spring 2020 Commencement Physics Department Virtual Commencement Celebration

April 15, 2020
Physical Review Letters article from Prof. Satoru Emori and Jean Heremans selected as Editor's Suggestion.

January 24, 2020
Professor Michel Pleimling selected as a Europhysics Letters distinguished referee.

January 17, 2020
Professor Shengfeng Cheng receives National Science Foundation CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Award

September 19, 2019
Prof. Patrick Huber is named an American Physical Society fellow.

September 6, 2019
Professors Economou, Huber, and Khodaparast appointed as Faculty Fellows.

August 14, 2019
Prof. Patrick Huber quoted in Science magazine article about the ICARUS detector's new mission at Fermilab.

July 22, 2019
Melissa McPeak featured as Navigate User of the Month for June.

July 19, 2019
Prof. Michel Pleimling joins the Editorial board for the journal Entropy for the Statistical Physics and Complexity sections.

July 10, 2019
Prof. Rana Ashkar receives a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

June 4, 2019
Profs. Lara Anderson, Ed Barnes, James Gray, Giti Khodaparast, and Kyungwha Park have promotions approved by Board of Visitors.

May 23, 2019
Professor Lara Anderson part of panel on string theory at World Science Festival 2019

April 29, 2019
Leo Piilonen and Diane Walker-Green receive 2019 Faculty/Staff Awards.

April 1, 2019
VT Physics Alumna Erica Grant launches startup company Quantum Lock

March 18, 2019
Professors Economou and Minic named American Physical Society Outstanding Referees for 2019

February 20, 2019
Virginia Tech PhysTEC (Physics Teacher Education Coalition) program, led by John Simonetti and Alma Robinson, wins national 5+ Club award.

February 18, 2019
Professor Leo Piilonen receives 2019 SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award

February 15, 2019
Professor Ed Barnes receives National Science Foundation CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Award

February 12, 2019
Alumna Annalisa Pawlosky and her company Google provide gift to support Ladies of Robeson.

January 23, 2019
Professors Minic and Takeuchi (along with Prof. Edmonds, Farrah, and Ng) awarded second prize in the 2018 Buchalter Cosmology Prize competition for their paper: "Modified Dark Matter: Relating Dark Energy, Dark Matter, and Baryonic Matter

January 21, 2019
Sophomore Julie Nguyen wins a best poster award at the 2019 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) at the College of William and Mary

January 4, 2019
Graduate students Shadisadat Esmaelli and Bart Brown and Professor Michel Pleimling featured in Physical Review E Kaleidoscope

December 2, 2018
Musical physics student Monty Campbell featured in Collegiate Times

November 9, 2018
Professor Patrick Huber and alumnus YuenKeung (Joseph) Hor are co-signers of a letter on "Neutrino Physics for Korean Diplomacy" published in Science magazine.

October 24, 2018
"Sophomore Julie Nguyen wins best poster award at WoPhys'18"

September 26, 2018
Professor Mariani's group contributes to newly commissioned CERN ProtoDUNE detector.

September 19, 2018
Physics Department hosts 6th Virginia Soft Matter Workshop on September 22, 2018

August 12, 2018:
Center for Neutrino Physics hosts NuFact 2018 from August 12-18

July 31, 2018
VT Physics Alumnus Chris Martin wins Local PhysTEC Teacher of the Year Award.

July 13, 2018
Patrick Huber coauthors article in CERN Courier.

June 05, 2018:
Professor Jonathan Link comments for National Public Radio on recent MiniBooNE results.

June 01, 2018:
Professor Camillo Mariani part of observation of significant excess of events in the MiniBooNE detecctor.

March 19, 2018
Oscar Macias and Shunsaku Horiuchi Reveal Origin of Mystery Gamma Rays in Nature Astronomy Publication

March 2, 2018
Graduate student Shadisadat Esmaeili has been selected as an Associate of the Academy for Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence, in recognition of her strong commitment to excellence in teaching and creating affirming learning opportunities in higher education.

February 26, 2018:
Professor Giti Khodaparast has been awarded a 2018 International Association of Advanced Materials Medal for her notable and outstanding contribution to the field of Advanced Energy Materials and Technology.

February 7, 2018:

Professor Nahum Arav was quoted in a national news story about the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch.

February 1, 2018:
Alma Robinson has been awarded a 2017-2018 College of Science Certificate of Teaching Excellence.

Jan. 31, 2018: 
Professor Nahum Arav was interviewed by Roanoke TV stations about todays  "Super Blue Blood Moon" event.  Check it out at:
WSLS Channel 10: Rare super blue blood moon visible in Virginia Wednesday morning
WSET Channel 13: VT physicists excited for blue moon lunar eclipse Wednesday morning