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09/03/2026

The second Thursday of the fall semester means it is time for Prof. Krause and Mr. Roark to fire up the grill for the annual Physics Opening Cookout. After stuffing ourselves with burgers, brats, hot dogs, and veggie burgers, our faculty and staff introduced themselves, discussed our program and upcoming events, and presented the research we do with students. Everyone had a great time and is looking forward to the new academic year.

08/26/2026

Classes have begun! The guys in Prof. Krause's PHY 315 (Quantum Mechanics) were especially excited about meeting at 8:00 AM, while his PHY 111 students were disappointed about losing that time slot, now meeting at 10 AM. Prof. Brown is teaching PHY 209 (Thermal/Relativity) and PHY 310 (Classical Mechanics). Prof. Tompkins has a large group in his PHY 109 (Physics I-Health Science) class. Not shown is Prof. Ross's 101 (Astronomy) class, which completely filled Goodrich 104!

08/19/2026

Yesterday, faculty marked the unofficial start of the academic year with the Ides of August, the annual symposium of faculty scholarship and creative work. Prof. Tompkins teamed up with Beth Lindsay from the Library to discuss open education resources and pedagogy in their talk, "The Three Freedoms of Open Pedagogy: The intersection of Open Education Resources (OER) and Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences (IPLS)." Later in the morning, Prof. Krause described how his students influenced his new research program in his presentation, "Entangled by the Invisible: Searching for Quantum Dark Matter."

08/13/2026

Prasun Panthi (’27) sent us a couple of photos of yesterday’s solar eclipse in Europe. He’s wrapping up a RISE physics internship in Germany, where they experienced 89% coverage at his location.

08/12/2026

The 2026 edition of the Physics Department Newsletter can now be found here:

https://www.wabash.edu/academics/uploads/physics/2026PhysicsNewsletter.pdf

06/08/2026

We had a great turnout at Saturday afternoon's Big Bash Physics/Math/Computer Science reception. Thanks to everyone who attended--we had great conversations. We hope to do this again next year!

06/01/2026

This coming weekend is Big Bash. If you will be attending, be sure to stop by the Physics/Math/Computer Science reception, Saturday, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Goodrich Hall, Room 102 (Commons):

https://www.wabash.edu/alumni/reunion/schedule

05/29/2026

We received thank-you cards from the Hose Elementary 1st graders who attended the physics demo show a couple of weeks ago. Clearly, they liked the van de Graaff generator, especially when Mrs. Wheeler got shocked!

05/16/2026

It was cloudy and very humid, but the rain held off, so commencement was held outside in Little Giant Stadium this afternoon. After the final singing of Old Wabash on the Chapel steps, we managed to gather most of the graduates onto the steps of Goodrich for a final group photo. From left to right, front row, we have Evan Baldwin, Arlie Benson, Min Heo, and Broderick Frey; back row, Profs. Ross, Tompkins, Brown, and Krause. Congratulations to all our graduates and best wishes on their future endeavors!

05/13/2026

Hose Elementary 1st graders were back on campus for a science field trip. After visiting the biology and chemistry departments, they wrapped up their visit with a physics demo show in Goodrich. As you can see, we all had a great time!

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