News (created June 28, 2019 3:14pm)

She praises the university's "spirit of discovery" in her first communiques to the Columbia community -- and the Department of Physics and Astronomy makes some surprise cameos

We bid farewell to a beloved colleague, whose work and warmth touched the lives of so many in the physics community and beyond. Thank you, Allan, for being such an inimitable part of Columbia Physics.

In a follow-up conversation with Professor Hill, recent recipient of the 2026 New Horizons Prize, he reflects on his research, influences, and goals as a physicist 

The award recognizes graduate student instructors from across the University's disciplines and campuses who demonstrate exceptional commitment and innovation in teaching

The award in fundamental physics is granted by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, based on nominations from the public and a selection committee that includes previous winners

Columbia physicists navigate the "neutrino fog" in award-winning dark matter search

In Professor Will's second Nature paper of the year, his team builds on successes in transforming ultracold gases of sodium–cesium (NaCs) molecules into BECs

With the publication of their paper on Unitarity Flow Conjecture in PRL, Professor Sebastian Mizera's research group demonstrates unexpected connections between renormalization group flow and unitarity 

Physics faculty member Sebastian Will joined fellow panelists from Columbia and Stony Brook to enlighten Congress about the importance and future of quantum science 

Even if they had to conduct their experiments in the dark

The prize honors "theoretical work that has provided significant insights on the nature of superconductivity and has led to verifiable predictions"