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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota The School of Physics and Astronomy includes the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, the William I. D.

Fine Theoretical Physics Institute and the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Physics at the University of Minnesota offers a world-class education and cutting edge research to its students. The physics program in the School has 43 faculty members, 17 emeritus faculty and 133 (Ph. and Masters) graduate students and about 110 undergraduate students. Our graduates go on to be high school teachers, industrial physicists, medical physicists, engineers, lawyers, finance managers; or after graduate study in physics, professors, junior college teachers and researchers at national labs or industrial research centers.

Zooniverse, co-founded by School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Lucy Fortson, is about to reach the one billion clas...
06/30/2026

Zooniverse, co-founded by School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Lucy Fortson, is about to reach the one billion classifications mark. The milestone was made possible thanks to more than three million volunteers and counting!

Professor Lucy Fortson of the School of Physics and Astronomy is one of the founding members of the Zooniverse citizen science collaboration platform. Zooniverse connects over 3 million volunteers with research projects and provides an online platform for citizen scientists to accelerate research ac...

Have you signed up for our latest lecture series?
06/09/2026

Have you signed up for our latest lecture series?

Looking for something quirky to do on a Tuesday night this summer? 🧠⚡️

Skip the Netflix queue and join UMN Physics Faculty for A Summer of Quirky Quantum Physics! Starting June 23, we're hosting a series of FREE public lectures covering everything from quantum computers and semiconductors to why "particles" don't actually exist.

📍 10 Church St. (Old Bell Museum)
⏰ Tuesdays from 7-8 p.m. (Late June – July)
🎟️ FREE (No registration required)
🙌 Accessible and fun for all community members!

Come get your mind blown alongside fellow science lovers. See the full schedule and topic descriptions at the link in the comments.

We're excited to welcome Oskar Vafek to the School of Physics and Astronomy's Fine Theoretical Physics Institute!
12/01/2025

We're excited to welcome Oskar Vafek to the School of Physics and Astronomy's Fine Theoretical Physics Institute!

Oskar Vafek is a new professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy's Fine Theoretical Physics Institute. He comes to the University of Minnesota from Florida State University in Tallahassee, where he was director of the condensed matter theory group at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory....

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