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Physics Outreach

People of Color in Physics Organization outreach with Knoxville Regal Boys and Girls Club, doing an experiment

Not just in a lab

Physics isn’t just in a lab—it’s everywhere and it’s for everyone! Our faculty and instructors give presentations for local schools and groups and even bring science to the dance floor. Our Society of Physics Students has a strong outreach mission, giving physics demos to local schools and volunteering with the MUSE Knoxville.

High School Lecture Series

The West High School & L&N STEM Physics Academy program links our faculty with local high school teachers and students. Physics faculty present lectures in classrooms, giving high school students a great opportunity to interact with physicists and to learn more about their research, and STEM fields in general. We hope that this program will motivate enough interest in students to join the UT undergraduate physics program. Professor Anthony Mezzacappa directs the program.

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March 27, 2026: “Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and Implications for Space, Time, and Gravity” at West High School (Anthony Mezzacappa)

March 30, 2026: “How to See and Touch the Individual Atoms” at L&N STEM Academy (Wonhee Ko)

March 30, 2026: “Physics of a Cell” at L&N STEM Academy (Jaan Mannik)

March 30, 2026: Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and Implications for Space, Time, and Gravity” at West High School (Anthony Mezzacappa)

April 1, 2026: “Antimatter in the Universe” at L&N STEM Academy (Yuri Kamyshkov)

April 2, 2026: “Antimatter in the Universe” at L&N STEM Academy (Yuri Kamyshkov)

April 27, 2026: Title TBA at Knoxville Catholic High School (Anthony Mezzacappa)