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Xiaobing Zhu Wins First Sheik-Bahae Award
June 5, 2025

Xiaobing Zhu

Xiaobing Zhu is the first winner of the Sheik-Bahae Award for the best dissertation in optics.  The award is open to students in both the Physics and Optical Science & Engineering (OSE) degree pr…


Victor Acosta named Regents' Lecturer
June 3, 2025

Dr. Victor Acosta

Victor Acosta has been chosen by the College of Arts & Sciences as one of this year's Regents' Lecturers. Victor will receive a stipend for the next three years and will always keep the title of Regen…


Seidel group wins $3M ATLAS Breakthrough Prize
April 20, 2025

ATLAS LHC group award

The $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for 2025 was awarded to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for results on fundamental particle physics from its second run from 2015 to 2024.

The ATLAS …


Luis Flores Sanchez to present NCUR talk
March 10, 2025

Luis Flores Sanchez

UNM physics major Luis Flores Sanchez has been selected to present a talk at the National Counsel on Undergraduate Research annual meeting, which will be held in Pittsburgh in April 2025.

Luis will pr…


Physics Day
February 25, 2025

2025 Physics Day

UNM Physics Day 2025 will be held on Saturday, April 19 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will feature a variety of events including poster presentations, thesis talks, and a plenary talk. It will be held fo…


Sad news: Mickey Odom Passes Away
January 29, 2025

Mickey Odom

It is with great sadness that we must announce that Principal Lecturer Emeritus Mickey Odom passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, from cancer. 

Mickey was a valued Lecturer for us for …


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