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  • Poster for Messengers of Time and Space
    A Night at the Planetarium: Messengers of Time and SpaceJuly 8, 2025
  • BBC Science in Action artistic image of the universe
    Tova Holmes Featured on BBC Science in ActionJune 24, 2025
  • A photo of Jian Lu
    Humboldt Fellowship for Jian LiuJune 23, 2025
  • A photo of Sean Lindsay
    Exploring Literary PhysicsJune 10, 2025
  • Cosmic Colors
    A Night at the Planetarium: Cosmic ColorsJune 6, 2025
  • A Photo of Tova Holmes
    Tova Holmes Wins Simons Foundation Support for Muon Collider GroundworkMay 29, 2025
  • Announcement for signal:noise, a physics and electronic music event on 25 May 2025
    signal:noiseMay 16, 2025
  • Attendees sit around a table at the spring 2025 Women in Physics lunch
    WiP Wraps up the Year with Mingling and MentoringMay 13, 2025
  • Photo of awardees from UT Physics 2025 Honors Day event.
    Honors Day 2025May 8, 2025
  • An image of the Sun
    A Night at the Planetarium: The Incredible SunMay 7, 2025
  • Jack Peltier
    Jack Peltier Wins Goldwater ScholarshipApril 14, 2025
  • Faculty members Steven Johnston and Tova Holmes at the College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Convocation Award Ceremony on March 31, 2025.
    Holmes and Johnston Win CAS HonorsApril 4, 2025
  • Artistic rendering of Phase one of the FDSi, image courtesy of ORNL, USDOE
    The FRIB Decay Station: New Horizons with Rare IsotopesMarch 25, 2025
  • NASA Image for Total Lunar Eclipse March 2025
    Join us for the Lunar Eclipse!March 10, 2025
  • Image for Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
    A Night at the Planetarium: Cosmic Origins SpectrographMarch 7, 2025
  • Poster for Harmonic Motion: physics x electronic music (March 22, 2025)
    Harmonic Motion Returns!March 7, 2025
  • Illustration of a nucleus with increasing resolution.
    Tying Multiscale Physics to Bedrock TheoryFebruary 27, 2025
  • Photo of Tova Holmes
    Tova Holmes Named a Sloan Research FellowFebruary 19, 2025
  • A photo of Larry Lee
    Larry Lee Named a Cottrell ScholarFebruary 12, 2025
  • The Kramers-Heisenberg process for resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) and the different excitations that it can probe.
    UT Physicists Share RIXS Potential for Novel Materials in PRX PerspectivesJanuary 13, 2025
  • Image from E. coli research
    UT’s Biophysics Research Lays the Groundwork for Designing New AntibioticsDecember 17, 2024
  • A photo of Christine Nattrass
    Research Takes UT Faculty and Students to the ExtremeDecember 12, 2024
  • CMP theory research image
    Understanding Cuprates of All StripesDecember 11, 2024
  • Artwork from Physics Magazine and ORNL
    Spotting the Scars of SpacetimeDecember 6, 2024
  • Photo of fall 2024 Women in Physics lunch
    Fall 2024 Women in Physics LunchDecember 5, 2024
  • Christmas Stargazing Event
    Christmas Candlelight Tour and StargazingNovember 27, 2024
  • A photo of a student presenting research at the CPAD 2024 Workshop.
    The (Particle) DetectoristsNovember 26, 2024
  • A photo of Rebecca Godri at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Another SCGSR Award for UT PhysicsNovember 8, 2024
  • A photo of Tova Holmes
    Cottrell Scholar Award for Tova HolmesNovember 6, 2024
  • NOAA Geomagnetic Storm Alert October 2024
    Aurora Alert!October 10, 2024
  • A photo of Haidong Zhou
    Haidong Zhou Elected APS FellowOctober 9, 2024
  • Undergraduate physics major Lindsey Hessler
    Managing MatterOctober 8, 2024
  • October 12 Stargazing at Marble Springs
    Stargazing at Marble SpringsSeptember 18, 2024
  • Event poster for Harmonic Motion Physic x Electronic Music
    Harmonic Motion: Physics X Electronic MusicAugust 12, 2024
  • Graphic for Future Polarized Target Development Meeting at UT, August 2024
    UT Future Polarized Target DevelopmentJuly 15, 2024
  • George Siopsis and Joon Sue Lee
    Alumni Association Honors Lee and Siopsis for Teaching and Distinguished ServiceJuly 12, 2024
  • A photo of UT Physics graduate student Ian Cox.
    Knowledge (Gained from) GapsJuly 3, 2024
  • Collage of graduate students who won national and university awards in spring 2024
    Four UT Physics Students Win DOE SCGSR SupportJune 27, 2024
  • A photo of Yang Zhang
    Yang Zhang Wins Prestigious IUPAP Early Career Scientist PrizeJune 20, 2024
  • Photo of Norman Mannella and Abhyuday Sharda
    Honors Day Awards 2024May 16, 2024
  • Photo of the Spring 2024 Women in Physics Lunch at the University of Tennessee.
    Women in Physics Lunch: Spring 2024May 9, 2024
  • A photo of Anthony Mezzacappa
    Anthony Mezzacappa Elected AAAS FellowApril 19, 2024
  • A photo of Daniel Willingham
    Teaching Students to Teach Themselves April 16, 2024
  • Solar prominences appear as pink features rising from the edges of the eclipsed Sun during a total solar eclipse. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
    Solar Eclipse April 2024April 14, 2024
  • Cover Image of Science Magazine 29 March 2024, Used with Permission
    The Art of Muon CollisionsApril 3, 2024
  • A photo of Steve Johnston
    Steve Johnston Named Bains ProfessorMarch 4, 2024
  • A photo of Elbio Dagotto
    Elbio Dagotto Wins SEC Faculty Achievement AwardFebruary 23, 2024
  • Women in Physics Lunch at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, December 11, 2023
    Fall 2023 Women in Physics LunchDecember 11, 2023
  • An illustration of the lattice examined by Phil Anderson in the early '70s.
    Finding the Elusive Quantum Spin Liquid by Taking the Road Less TraveledDecember 7, 2023
  • A photo of Abhyuday Sharda
    In Search of the Beautiful and UnexpectedDecember 4, 2023
  • Leonid Meteor Shower (credit: Navicore)
    Watch the Leonids Roar in at John Sevier’s HouseNovember 8, 2023
  • A Photo of Raph Hix
    Raph Hix Elected APS FellowOctober 19, 2023
  • Taylor Sussmane Photo
    In My Own Words: Undergraduate Taylor SussmaneSeptember 14, 2023
  • A photo of a telescope on the Nielsen Rooftop with a gorgeous sunset colored sky.
    Rooftop Viewing Returns!August 31, 2023
  • A snapshot of the Chart of the Nuclides with sodium-32 highlighted (Credit: Ed Simpson, Australian National University Research School of Physics.)
    Shape-Shifting NucleiAugust 22, 2023
  • A photo of Del Maestro from the YouTube video announcing new Center for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
    UT Wins NSF Funding for the Center for Advanced Materials and ManufacturingJune 27, 2023
  • A photo of Kate Jones
    A New Divisional Dean and Outstanding Staff: Physics News from Arts & SciencesJune 23, 2023
  • A collage of awards recipients for 2023
    Honors Day 2023May 16, 2023
  • Photo of Dima Bolmatov
    Where Are Your Memories Stored?May 10, 2023
  • An image of Lawrence Lee
    Challenging the Standard Model: Lawrence Lee Wins NSF CAREER AwardApril 28, 2023
  • A photo of Venus (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
    Your Ticket to the UniverseMarch 30, 2023
  • A photo of Weitering and Lee
    The Art of ScienceMarch 20, 2023
  • A photo of a gathering of women for the Spring Women in Physics lunch
    Spring Women in Physics LunchMarch 11, 2023
  • YETI 2 Competitors Tanner Mengel, Johnny Lawless, Sanket Sharma, and Nimmitha Karunarathna.
    The YETI ReturnsFebruary 14, 2023
  • Nature Physics Magazine Cover for the issue that featured the article referenced in this post
    Stealing Electrons and Reversing TimeJanuary 30, 2023
  • A photo of Jian Liu
    Symmetry Breaking in Quantum SystemsDecember 21, 2022
  • Women dining: a collage photo from the Women in Physics luncheon
    Women in Physics Lunch: Fall EditionDecember 9, 2022
  • Hakeem Oluseyi, NSBP President; Bryan Kent Wallace, NSBP Treasurer; Awardee Jesse Harris; and Elaine Lalanne, NSBP Past-Treasurer. (Photo credit: National Society of Black Physicists)
    Explaining Physics Beyond the TextbooksDecember 7, 2022
  • Mitch Allmond, left, with Robert Grzywacz at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. Credit: Robert Grzywacz/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy
    Where Instability is a Good ThingNovember 14, 2022
  • A photo of a gathering of faculty, students, and post-docs for the Fall Hispanics in Physics lunch
    Hispanics in Physics Lunch: Fall 2022October 24, 2022
  • A photo of Thomas Papenbrock
    Getting Under the (Neutron) SkinOctober 20, 2022
  • A photo of Andrew Steiner
    Andrew W. Steiner Elected APS FellowOctober 19, 2022
  • A photo of Elbio Dagotto
    Elbio Dagotto Receives APS Adler Award in Materials PhysicsOctober 11, 2022
  • An image of a satellite
    New Quantum Networks Research and Training Program Receives $3M NSF AwardJuly 15, 2022
  • A diagram of helium atoms moving through a 1-D pipe coated with argon.
    A Front Row Seat to Quantum BehaviorJuly 6, 2022
  • CMS Detector diagram
    Finding Hidden PhysicsJune 7, 2022
  • A diagram illustration Adrian Del Maestro's and Hatem Barghathi's counting tool "Balls and Walls."
    Building Bridges for the Quantum EraMay 31, 2022

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