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Currently Enrolled Graduate Students Apply now through May 15, 2024. Learn More and Apply Previous Next We are leaders in several subfields of physics & astronomy. We infuse that leadership into education and service. Our research foci include the origin and structure of the universe, the microscopic and macroscopic description of condensed matter and biological systems, and the physics of the environment. Special Event : Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 You are invited to attend The Frontiers of Physics : A Celebration Honoring Barry Barish . Starting at 1pm, there will be a series of presentations from invited speakers and UCR faculty on gravitational waves, neutrinos, dark matter, and cosmology. At 5pm there will be a reception followed by a public lecture at 6pm by Professor Barry Barish on Gravitational Waves : Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Universe. Please visit this web page to register for the event! Chair’s Welcome Undergrad Program Graduate Program Outreach May 09, 2024 Honoring Barry Barish with a day rich in physics The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, or CNAS, and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UC Riverside hosted a celebration on April 30 to honor Nobel laureate Barry Barish. Barish, a distinguished professor of physics and astronomy, received... Read More » April 12, 2024 Physicists solve puzzle about ancient galaxy found by Webb telescope Last September, the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, discovered JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was just a quarter of its current age. Surprisingly, an Einstein ring is associated with this galaxy. That’s because JWST-ER1g... Read More » March 15, 2024 Gift to UCR results in new undergraduate fellowship Aiden Wilkin, a fourth-year undergraduate student at UCR, has received a $3,000 fellowship made possible by a donation to the Department of Physics and Astronomy. The fellowship will support Wilkin’s research with Jonathan Richardson, an assistant professor of physics and... Read More » March 15, 2024 How the SARS-CoV-2 virus acquires its spherical shape For centuries, coronaviruses have triggered health crises and economic challenges, with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that spreads COVID-19, being a recent example. One small protein in SARS-CoV-2, the Membrane protein, or M protein, is the most abundant and plays a crucial... 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